OMB’s upcoming AI guidance calls for agencies to ‘increase’ the use of new tools

The Biden administration plans to introduce new rules for how federal agencies use emerging artificial intelligence tools to do their jobs.

The Office of Management and Budget will release draft guidance on the use of AI systems in the federal government this summer.

The OMB guidance establishes specific policies for federal agencies to follow regarding the development, procurement, and use of AI systems — all while upholding the rights of the American public.

A senior administration official told reporters on Wednesday that the upcoming draft guidance reflects the fact that “AI is coming to every part of public missions.”

“Our North Star idea here is that if we’re going to take these benefits, we have to start by managing the risks,” the official said.

The Biden administration on Thursday OMB announced the upcoming guidance as part of several AI initiatives.

OMB’s upcoming guidance is expected to allow agencies to incorporate AI tools to fulfill their missions and serve Americans more equitably. It is also hoped that the guidelines will serve as a model for state and local governments to follow.

A senior administration official said agencies and industries must face many potential risks from AI tools. Those AI risks include safety and security threats from autonomous vehicles and cybersecurity tools.

Agencies also need to be cautious about AI’s impact on civil liberties, including biases embedded in AI tools in housing or employment decisions, as well as the use of AI tools for surveillance.

A senior administration official said AI poses a threat to the economy and that “displacement from automation is coming to fields that we previously thought were immune.”

“It’s a very broad set of risks that needs to be tackled,” the official said.

A senior administration official said the federal government’s focus on the use of AI tools allows agencies to lead by example and “show how to use AI wisely and responsibly to serve the public.”

“There are so many public missions that governments can do, for which AI can be extremely useful. But the whole ball game will depend on how it is implemented,” the official said. “And it’s really on the shoulders of the federal employees, and I’m sure they’re going to go to it.”

The Biden administration is also getting commitments from top developers to put their generative AI systems through a public review process.

The White House said AI developers — including Anthropomorphic, Google, HugFace, Microsoft, Nvidia, OpenAI and Stability AI — will participate in public evaluations of their next-generation AI systems at DEFCON.

A senior administration official said the DEFCON event will be a first-of-its-kind review of several large-scale language models.

“This is a technology that has many, many, many different applications. It is true in business, it is also true in terms of public interest,” said the official.

During the review, thousands of AI experts will examine how these AI systems meet the standards outlined in the Biden administration’s AI Bill of Rights blueprint and the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s AI Risk Management Framework.

A senior administration official said, “Any issues found with the companies will be handled in a responsible manner.” “The red-team has been really helpful and very successful in identifying vulnerabilities in cyber security. That’s what we’re working on now to adapt to larger language models.

The White House science and technology policy last October Draft of the “Bill of Rights”. To design, develop and deploy artificial intelligence and other automated systems.

The Bill of Rights outlines what more than 12 agencies will do to ensure that AI tools deployed in and outside of government comply with privacy rights and civil liberties.

Last January, NIST also released new voluntary road rules for many U.S. industries on what it looks like to use artificial intelligence tools responsibly.

The bottom line is, the Biden administration has been leading the way on these issues long before these new AI products.

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division issued a statement. A joint statement In an effort to eliminate bias and bias in automated systems.

As part of the Biden administration’s latest AI measures, the National Science Foundation is spending an additional $140 million to open seven new national AI research institutes.

The institutes serve as research and development hubs to accelerate breakthroughs in reliable AI across federal agencies, academia and industry.

NSF’s latest investment brings the total number of national AI research institutes to 25, and expands the R&D network, with participants from every state.

The new institutes will focus on AI breakthroughs that impact climate, agriculture, energy, public health, education and cybersecurity. They also focus on expanding the composition of the national AI workforce.