The White House issued a presidential order to encourage the development of AI in a safe and reliable way

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On October 30, Washington time, the official website of the White House released President Biden's executive order on the development of safe, reliable and trustworthy AI (artificial intelligence).

The White House said the executive order sets new standards for AI safety and security, protects users' data privacy, promotes fairness and civil rights, protects the interests of consumers and workers, promotes technological innovation and competition, and more.

The EO also builds on the previous "Generative AI Safety Pledges" signed with 15 companies to promote the development of safe, healthy, and reliable generative AI across the board.

The issuance of this executive order has played a crucial role in promoting and protecting the development of generative AI products such as ChatGPT by tech giants such as Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, Meta, Amazon, and Anthropic.

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The following are some of the contents of the Executive Order

New AI Security Standard

As AI capabilities grow, so does its impact on Americans' security. With this executive order, President Biden directs the broadest actions ever taken to protect Americans from the potential risks of AI systems:

Developers of the most powerful AI systems are required to share their security test results and other critical information with the U.S. government. Under the Defense Production Act, the order will require companies that develop any base model that poses a serious risk to national security, national economic security, or public health and safety to notify the federal government when training the model and to share the results of all red team security tests. These measures will ensure that AI systems are safe, reliable, and trustworthy until they are publicly released by the company.

Develop standards, tools, and tests to help ensure that AI systems are secure, reliable, and trustworthy. The National Institute of Standards and Technology will develop rigorous standards for a wide range of red team testing to ensure safety prior to public release. The Department of Homeland Security will apply these standards to critical infrastructure sectors and establish an AI Safety and Security Council.

The Department of Energy and the Department of Homeland Security will also address the threat of AI systems to critical infrastructure, as well as chemical, biological, radiology, nuclear, and cybersecurity risks. Overall, these are the most important actions any government is taking to advance AI security.

Protect against the risk of using AI engineering to design hazardous biomaterials by developing rigorous screening criteria for new biosynthesis. Institutions funding life sciences projects will make these criteria conditional on federal funding, creating strong incentives to ensure proper screening and management of risks that AI can exacerbate.

Protect Americans from AI-enabled fraud and deception by establishing standards and best practices for content authentication and watermarking.

The Department of Commerce will develop guidelines for content authentication and watermarking to clearly label AI-generated content. Federal agencies will use these tools to make it easy for Americans to know that the communications they receive from the government are genuine and to set an example for the private sector and governments around the world.

Establish an advanced cybersecurity program to develop AI tools to find and fix vulnerabilities in critical software as a way to build on the ongoing AI cybersecurity challenges of the Biden-Harris administration. Overall, these efforts will harness AI's potential game-changing cyber capabilities to make software and networks more secure.

Directs the National Security Council and the White House Chief of Staff Office to develop a national security memorandum on AI and security. The document will ensure the safe, ethical, and effective use of AI by the U.S. military and intelligence in missions and will guide operations to counter an adversary's use of military AI.

Protecting American Privacy

Without safeguards, AI could further threaten Americans' privacy. Not only does AI make it easier to extract, identify, and utilize personal data, but it also intensifies the incentive to do so, as companies use data to train AI systems.

To better protect Americans' privacy, including risks from AI, the President called on Congress to pass bipartisan privacy data legislation to protect all Americans, especially children, and directed the following actions:

Protect Americans' privacy by prioritizing support to accelerate the development and use of privacy-preserving technologies, including cutting-edge technologies that allow AI systems to train while protecting the privacy of training data.

By funding a research coordination network to enhance privacy-preserving research and technologies, such as encryption tools to protect individual privacy, the network will advance rapid breakthroughs and developments. The National Science Foundation will also work with the network to promote the adoption of leading privacy-preserving technologies by federal agencies.

By assessing how agencies collect and use commercially available information, including from data brokers, and strengthening federal agencies' privacy guidelines to consider AI risks. This work will focus in particular on commercially available information that contains personally identifiable data.

Develop guidelines for federal agencies to evaluate the effectiveness of privacy-preserving technologies, including those used in AI systems. These guidelines will advance agency efforts to protect Americans' data.

Ensure responsible use of AI by government departments

AI can help governments deliver better outcomes for the American people. The capacity of institutions to regulate, govern, and deliver benefits can be expanded, and costs can be cut and government systems can be enhanced.

However, there may also be risks associated with the use of AI, such as discrimination and unsafe decision-making. To ensure that government agencies deploy AI responsibly and modernize federal AI infrastructure, take the following actions:

Guidance for publishers on the use of AI, including clear criteria to protect rights and security, improve AI procurement, and enhance AI deployment.

Help agencies access designated AI products and services faster, cheaper, and more efficiently through faster and more efficient contracts.

Accelerate rapid hiring of AI professionals through the Office of Personnel Management, U.S. Digital Services, U.S. Digital Team, and the President's Innovation Fellowship for a government-wide shockwave of AI talent. The organization will provide AI training to employees at all levels in related fields.

Defending the interests of consumers, patients and students

AI can bring tangible benefits to consumers – for example by making products better, cheaper, and more widely available. But AI also raises the risk of harming, misleading, or otherwise harming Americans. To ensure that AI benefits Americans while protecting consumers, the President directed the following actions:

Advancing the responsible use of AI in healthcare and the development of affordable, life-saving medicines.

The Department of Health and Human Services will also establish a safety program to receive reports of harm or unsafe medical practices caused by AI and take remedial action.

Shaping the potential of AI in education, for example, by creating personalized tutoring resources in schools.