On October 30, the White House issued a fact sheet detailing the Biden-Harris Administration’s AI accomplishments one year after signing an Executive Order (EO) on AI. As previously covered by InfoBytes, the EO outlined how the federal government could, among other things, promote AI safety and protect U.S. citizens’ rights by developing standards for safe and secure AI systems.
In the fact sheet, the White House highlighted the Administration’s actions in several categories, including managing risks to safety and security from AI; protecting civil rights as AI is used in the workplace (like healthcare, education and the housing sector); and promoting AI innovation in the private sector. As an example, HUD provided guidance on AI’s nondiscriminatory use in the housing sector, affirming that existing prohibitions against discrimination applied to AI’s use for tenant screening and housing advertisements. The fact sheet emphasized that federal agencies completed over 100 actions in response to the EO.
