US federal agencies must show that their artificial intelligence tools aren't harming the public, or stop using them, under new rules unveiled by the White House on Thursday.
바카라When 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,바카라 Vice President Kamala Harris told reporters ahead of the announcement.
Each agency by December must have a set of concrete safeguards that guide everything from facial recognition screenings at airports to AI tools that help control the electric grid or determine mortgages and home insurance.
The new policy directive being issued to agency heads on Thursday by the White House's Office of Management and Budget is part of the more sweeping AI executive order signed by President Joe Biden in October.
While Biden's broader order also attempts to safeguard the more advanced commercial AI systems made by leading technology companies, such as those powering generative AI chatbots, Thursday's directive targets AI tools that government agencies have been using for years to help with decisions about immigration, housing, child welfare and a range of other services.
As an example, Harris said, 바카라If the Veterans Administration wants to use AI in VA hospitals to help doctors diagnose patients, they would first have to demonstrate that AI does not produce racially biased diagnoses.바카라
Agencies that can't apply the safeguards 바카라must cease using the AI system, unless agency leadership justifies why doing so would increase risks to safety or rights overall or would create an unacceptable impediment to critical agency operations,바카라 according to a White House announcement.
The new policy also calls for two other 바카라binding requirements,바카라 Harris said. One is that federal agencies must hire a chief AI officer with the 바카라experience, expertise and authority바카라 to oversee all of the AI technologies used by that agency, she said. The other is that each year, agencies must make public an inventory of their AI systems that includes an assessment of the risks they might pose.
Some rules exempt intelligence agencies and the Department of Defence, which is having a separate debate about the use of autonomous weapons.
Shalanda Young, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said the new requirements are also meant to strengthen positive uses of AI by the US government.
바카라When used and overseen responsibly, AI can help agencies to reduce wait times for critical government services, improve accuracy and expand access to essential public services,바카라 Young said.
