FACT SHEET: President Biden Issues Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
May 13, 2024
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President Biden's AI Executive Order sets new standards for safety, privacy, equity, and innovation in artificial intelligence. The government is focusing on safeguarding critical infrastructure, identifying AI-generated content, and privacy protection. Initiatives include addressing algorithmic discrimination, promoting civil rights, and safeguarding consumers. AI's impact on education, workforce, innovation, and global leadership is explored, along with strategic government actions on AI safety and governance.
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President Biden's AI Executive Order focuses on establishing new standards for AI safety, security, privacy, and equity.
The order requires developers to disclose safety test results, prioritizes privacy-preserving techniques, and combats algorithmic discrimination.
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Landmark Executive Order on AI Safety and Security
President Biden issues a landmark executive order to establish new standards for AI safety and security, protecting Americans' privacy, advancing equity and civil rights, promoting innovation and competition, and ensuring American leadership worldwide. The order requires developers of powerful AI systems to share safety test results with the US government, develops standards and tests for AI systems' safety, and establishes an AI Safety and Security Board to address critical infrastructure threats.
Protecting Americans' Privacy with AI
To safeguard Americans' privacy amidst AI risks, President Biden calls for bipartisan data privacy legislation and prioritizes the development of privacy-preserving techniques using AI. The administration strengthens privacy-preserving research and tools, evaluates data collection practices of agencies to address AI risks, and develops guidelines for assessing the effectiveness of privacy-preserving techniques in AI systems.
Advancing Equity and Civil Rights through Responsible AI Use
The Biden-Harris administration takes actions to combat algorithmic discrimination, ensuring that AI benefits equity and civil rights. Clear guidance is provided to prevent discrimination in housing, address algorithmic discrimination in various sectors, and develop best practices for fair AI use in the criminal justice system, promoting equality and protecting people's rights.
This fact sheet from The White House summarizes President Biden's AI Executive Order from October 2023. The President's AI EO represents the most aggressive approach to date from the US executive branch on AI policy.