{"id":1924859,"date":"2023-05-05T06:43:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T10:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-ai-announcements-tout-racial-equity-need-for-ai-safety-2\/"},"modified":"2023-05-05T06:43:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T10:43:29","slug":"biden-admin-ai-announcements-tout-racial-equity-need-for-ai-safety-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-ai-announcements-tout-racial-equity-need-for-ai-safety-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin AI Announcements Tout \u201cRacial Equity,\u201d Need for AI Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-ai-announcements-tout-racial-equity-need-for-ai-safety-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1924859&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p> \t\t\t\t\t\tThe Biden administration on May 4 announced a variety of artificial intelligence (AI) policies and programs, including news on government use of the technology that comes on the heels of a February executive order to embed \u201cracial equity\u201d in government AI.<\/p>\n<p> Specifically, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will be releasing draft guidance on government AI use.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cIt will also empower agencies to responsibly leverage AI to advance their missions and strengthen their ability to equitably serve Americans\u2014and serve as a model for state and local governments, businesses and others to follow in their own procurement and use of AI,\u201d the administration\u2019s announcement reads.<\/p>\n<p> The National Science Foundation will be creating seven new national research institutes devoted to AI with $140 million in funding. There are already 18 such hubs in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>  AI (artificial intelligence) security cameras using facial recognition technology are displayed at the 14th China International Exhibition on Public Safety and Security at the China International Exhibition Center in Beijing on Oct. 24, 2018. (Nicolas Asfouri\/AFP) (Nicolas Asfouri\/AFP via Getty Images) \u201cThe new Institutes announced today will advance AI R&#038;D to drive breakthroughs in critical areas, including climate, agriculture, energy, public health, education, and cybersecurity,\u201d the announcement reads.<\/p>\n<p> The administration has also secured agreements from prominent AI developers to take part in an upcoming public assessment of AI effectiveness and safety.<\/p>\n<p> Google, Microsoft, and Nvidia are among the participants mentioned.<\/p>\n<p> The evaluation will occur in August during the DEFCON 31 hacking conference in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThis will allow these models to be evaluated thoroughly by thousands of community partners and AI experts to explore how the models align with the principles and practices outlined in the Biden\u2013Harris Administration\u2019s Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights and AI Risk Management Framework,\u201d according to the announcement.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cAs is true with all technologies, we know there are some serious risks,\u201d a senior administration official told reporters during a May 3 press conference, noting that the administration would make use of existing authorities in its efforts to regulate AI.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cTech companies have a fundamental responsibility to make sure their products are safe and secure and that they protect people\u2019s rights before they\u2019re deployed or made public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> The administration also previewed a meeting led by Vice President Kamala Harris with top leaders at Microsoft, OpenAI, Alphabet, and Anthropic regarding the responsible use of AI.<\/p>\n<p>  The Microsoft Corp. logo outside the Microsoft Visitor Center in Redmond, Wash., on July 3, 2014. (Ted S. Warren\/AP Photo) The official said the meeting would allow for a \u201cfrank discussion\u201d on AI development and AI risk.<\/p>\n<p> The official told reporters that President Joe Biden has made it apparent that \u201calgorithmic discrimination\u201d on the part of companies warrants action by Congress.<\/p>\n<p> The European Union has already taken steps to regulate AI.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThis is clearly a global technology,\u201d the senior administration official said when asked about the possibility of greater coordination between the United States and the EU on AI.<\/p>\n<p> Administration officials didn\u2019t respond by press time to a request by The Epoch Times for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration on May 4 announced a variety of artificial intelligence (AI) policies and programs, including news on government use of the technology that comes on the heels of a February executive order to embed \u201cracial equity\u201d in government AI. Specifically, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will be releasing draft guidance on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1924860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[4496,7792,3620,10708,5125,8390,19974],"class_list":["post-1924859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-admin","tag-announcements","tag-biden","tag-equity","tag-racial","tag-safety","tag-tout"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1924859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1924860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1924859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1924859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1924859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}