The Biden Administration released its 111-page AI Executive Order (EO) one year ago on Oct. 30, 2023, and since then other large-scale AI moves have kicked into gear across the Federal government, including standing up the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) AI Safety Institute (AISI). […]

The Biden administration publicly unveiled its first-ever National Security Memorandum (NSM) on Artificial Intelligence (AI) today, bolstering the role of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) AI Safety Institute (AISI) to be industry’s “primary port of contact” in the Federal government. […]

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today released guidance that directs Federal agencies to improve their capacity for the responsible acquisition of AI. […]

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has worked with Federal agencies to help them publicly document compliance with the White House Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) governmentwide AI policy, NIST’s chief AI officer (CAIO) said Thursday. […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) made public a report Monday detailing the findings of a pilot that examined whether current Federal vulnerability detection software products that use AI – including large language models – are more effective. […]

The White House announced Friday that it has hit the nine-month mark of its AI Executive Order (EO), and Federal agencies remain on track with their required directives – with two agencies reporting they are ahead of schedule. […]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a new investment last week to advance privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) and promote their use to solve real-world problems. […]

Four months have passed since the Biden-Harris administration unveiled its AI executive order (EO), tasking more than 50 Federal entities to take more than 100 specific actions to implement guidance covering eight broad areas of policy. […]

The Energy Department’s (DoE) new Office of Critical and Emerging Technologies is seeking information on the potential for AI technology to improve electric grid infrastructure and provide clean energy to all Americans. […]

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is seeking feedback from Federal AI experts as part of a new governmentwide survey that will result in a finalized AI Competency Model.   […]

Top Federal officials said this week that President Biden’s recent artificial intelligence (AI) executive order (EO) will prove to be most significant in the role that it will play in recruiting talent to the Federal government. […]

Conrad Stosz, the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) director of artificial intelligence and a key player in helping OMB formulate final guidance to Federal agencies on implementing President Biden’s landmark AI executive order (EO), told MeriTalk in an exclusive interview that many public comments on the draft guidance have focused on issues of transparency, consistency, and risk management. […]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced this week the establishment of the first-ever NSF Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines), awarding 10 teams a potential $1.6 billion over the next decade. […]

The White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is requesting public input on how privacy impact assessments (PIAs) may be more effective at mitigating privacy risks that are further exacerbated by AI technologies. […]

On October 30, 2023, President Joe Biden stood in the East Room of the White House and unveiled an executive order (EO) on artificial intelligence (AI) that was breathtaking in scope. “AI is all around us,” the president said as he signed the 111-page document. In the near term, there is plenty that Federal agencies can do to work toward achieving the goals of the EO. […]

Federal agencies have been meeting “key” deadlines from President Biden’s artificial intelligence (AI) executive order (EO) and are even ahead of schedule on a handful of tasks, according to a three-month progress report the White House released today. […]