On March 28, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released guidance on governance and risk management for federal agency use of artificial intelligence (AI). The guidance was issued in furtherance of last fall’s White House AI Executive Order, which established goals to promote the safe, secure, and trustworthy use and development of AI systems.
The OMB guidance—Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management for Agency Use of Artificial Intelligence— defines AI broadly to include machine learning and “[a]ny artificial system that performs tasks under varying and unpredictable circumstances without significant human oversight, or that can learn from experience and improve performance when exposed to data sets” among other things. It directs federal agencies and departments to address risks from the use of AI, expand public transparency, advance responsible AI innovation, grow an AI-focused talent pool and workforce, and strengthen AI governance systems. Federal agencies must implement proscribed safeguard practices no later than December 1, 2024.
More specifically, the guidance includes a number of requirements for federal agencies,…
