White House pushes for responsible AI innovation while meeting with developers

The White House announced an initiative on Thursday to promote responsible artificial intelligence innovation throughout the federal government.

The plan, which emphasizes the need for safeguards in the use and development of the technology, comes the same day representatives from AI developers including Alphabet, Anthropic, Microsoft, and OpenAI will visit Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss the software.

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“A.I. is one of the most powerful technologies of our time, but in order to seize the opportunities it presents, we must first mitigate its risks,” the White House stated in a fact sheet provided to the Washington Examiner.

First, the National Science Foundation will invest more than $140 million into seven new National AI Research Institutes to expand research opportunities. The new funding will bring the total number of National AI Research Institutes, which help improve public understanding of the technology, to 25.

Developers from several of the largest AI producers also promised to have their AI publicly evaluated to see if it matches up with President Joe Biden’s previously proposed AI “Bill of Rights.” The public evaluation will “provide critical information to researchers and the public about the impacts of these models, and will enable A.I. companies and developers take steps to fix issues found in those models,” the White House said.

Finally, the Office of Management and Budget will release a draft of its policy guidelines on how federal agencies should use AI systems. These include the establishment of specific policies for use as well as empowering agencies to “responsibly leverage A.I. to advance their missions and strengthen their ability to equitably serve Americans” and to “serve as a model for state and local governments, businesses and others to follow in their own procurement and use of A.I.”

Nearly all federal agencies have turned their eye to reining in AI. The Federal Trade Commission, the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released a joint statement last week vowing to protect consumer safety as automated systems in the workforce become more common.

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Last week, Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) also introduced legislation to create a task force investigating AI policies and their impact on civil liberties.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) previously announced he is working on legislation with experts that would regulate AI in a manner acceptable to Republicans and Democrats.