VP Kamala Harris Unveils “Safe, Secure & Responsible” AI Guidelines For Federal Agencies

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Hollywood and other industries are still grappling with how to integrate AI into their workflow, but the Biden administration today started putting up concrete guardrails around the technology that could literally change everything. “When government agencies use AI tools we will now require them to verify that those tools do not endanger the rights and safety of the American people,” stated Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday ahead of the Office of Management and Budget’s just released Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management for Agency Use of Artificial Intelligence memorandum. “Last year at the AI Safety Summit in London, I laid out our nation’s vision for the future of AI,” the Vice President said. “A vision for a future where AI is used to advance the public interest, and I’m going to emphasize that advance the public interest,” the Veep added. “As a follow up to that presentation months ago now, I am proud to announce three new binding requirements to promote the safe, secure and responsible use of AI by our federal government.” Building on recent policy initiatives, and the comprehensive Executive Order 14110 issued in October, the memo sent out early this morning to “heads of executive departments and agencies” from OMB boss Shalanda Young spotlights Strengthening AI Governance, Advancing Responsible AI Innovation, and Managing Risks from the use of AI (read the AI guidance memo issued today from the OMB Director here).

To blunt the risk of unleashing Matrix or Skynet futures, the specific parameters of the OMB proposals the VP is pitching are: Strengthening AI Governance. Managing AI risk and promoting AI innovation requires effective AI governance.