While the Biden administration’s executive order (EO) on artificial intelligence (AI) governs policy areas within the direct control of the U.S. government’s executive branch, they are important broadly because they inform industry best practices and subsequent laws and regulations in the U.S. and abroad.
Accelerating developments in AI — particularly generative AI — over the past year or so has captured policymakers’ attention. And calls from high-profile industry figures to establish safeguards for artificial general intelligence (AGI) has further heightened attention in Washington. In that context, we should view the EO as an early and significant step addressing AI policy rather than a final word.
Given our extensive experience with AI since the company’s founding in 2011, we want to highlight a few important issues that relate to innovation, public policy and cybersecurity.
The EO in context
Like the technology it seeks to influence, the EO itself has many parameters. Its 13 sections cover a broad cross-section of administrative and policy imperatives. These range from policing and biosecurity to consumer protection and the AI workforce. Appropriately, there’s…
