The issue
The White House recently issued its roadmap for accelerating US leadership in artificial intelligence. While focused on government efforts to spur AI innovation and security, Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan sets the stage for private sector alignment by signaling where the government will reduce compliance burdens and drive self-regulation. As your company pursues its own AI acceleration plan, you’ll need to mount a parallel effort to strengthen your security and controls.
The plan, which frames AI as a national security imperative, seeks to reduce regulatory hurdles, encourage private-sector innovation, promote open-source models, foster unbiased AI and pursue changes to export controls on advanced technology and semiconductors. These and other recommended actions are intended to support three core objectives — accelerate AI innovation and adoption, build secure AI infrastructure and counter technology advances by foreign rivals.
Security, risk and compliance executives in the private sector have a key role to play. To help your company move quickly in this space, these leaders should strategically pursue controls that balance…
