The White House did not reply to a request to confirm the draft.
Though the order does not have the force of law and previous White House AI efforts have been criticized for lacking enforcement teeth, the new guidelines will give federal agencies influence in the US market through their buying power and their enforcement tools. Biden’s order specifically directs the Federal Trade Commission, for instance, to focus on anti-competitive behavior and consumer harms in the AI industry — a mission that Chair Lina Khan has already publicly embraced.
The order, anticipated for months, represents the most significant single effort to impose national order on a technology that has shocked many people with its rapid growth, most notably the human-like capabilities of the latest and most powerful generative AI models. Congress has scrambled to put legislation together to tackle the risks and potential of AI, but Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer cautioned this week that no broad AI bill was likely to be introduced until next year.
The White House will issue sprawling directives to over a dozen agencies targeting their handling of artificial intelligence systems, according to the…
