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- The Biden Administration’s Executive Order on Trustworthy AI is a Broad Call for Oversight
On October 30, President Joe Biden issued an executive order establishing new standards for artificial intelligence (AI) safety and security, and the protection of Americans’ privacy while advancing equity and civil rights. As part of the administration’s strategy for responsible innovation with AI, the executive order covers national security, economic security, and public health and safety. The president further directed federal agencies to step up oversight of AI technologies under their jurisdiction as the White House works with Congress on bipartisan legislation.
In terms of what may directly affect health care, the executive order:
- Requires that developers of the most powerful AI systems share their safety test results and other critical information with the US government.
- Directs the advancement of the responsible use of AI in health care and the development of affordable and life-saving drugs.
- Directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a safety program to receive reports of—and act to remedy – harms or unsafe health care practices involving AI.
- Catalyzes AI research across the United States through a pilot of the National AI Research Resource—a tool that will provide AI researchers and students access to key AI resources and data—and expanded grants for AI research in vital areas like health care and climate change.
- Seeks to ensure that AI advances equity and civil rights (including in health care) by addressing algorithmic discrimination through training, technical assistance, and coordination between the Department of Justice and Federal civil rights offices on best practices for investigating and prosecuting civil rights violations related to AI.
The Biden administration is working with House and Senate leadership on drafting bipartisan legislation concerning AI. The CAP will continue to work with all federal agencies and Congress on safe and effective implementation of AI in pathology and laboratory medicine. The CAP will provide further analysis of the executive order when it is published on the Federal Register.