AI bill of rights Archives

SHANGHAI, CHINA – JUNE 18: Cutting edge applications of Artificial Intelligence are seen on display at the Artificial Intelligence Pavilion of Zhangjiang Future Park during a state organized media tour on June 18, 2021 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Andrea Verdelli/Getty Images)

G7 nations agree on need for ‘risk-based’ approach to AI regulation

The joint declaration sets out the need for a risk-based approach to regulating AI technology.

May 1, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

United States Department of Commerce Building (Photo by James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images)

Commerce’s NTIA launches trustworthy AI inquiry

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has issued a request for comment on how government agencies should audit AI technology.

Apr 11, 2023 By John Hewitt Jones

White House on deep blue sky background in Washington DC, USA. (Image credit: Getty Images)

Deirdre Mulligan appointed White House deputy chief technology officer for policy

Deirdre Mulligan is a professor in the School of Information at UC Berkeley and a faculty director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology.

Feb 28, 2023 By John Hewitt Jones

Alondra Nelson, deputy director for science and society at OSTP, speaks in Wilmington, Delaware, on January 16, 2021. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images).

White House OSTP chief Alondra Nelson to step down

She has led the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy since the resignation of Eric Lander last year.

Feb 6, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 27: Committee ranking member Rep. James Comer (R-KY) attends a House Oversight Committee hearing titled Examining the Practices and Profits of Gun Manufacturers in the Rayburn House Office Building. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images).

GOP House committee leaders probe ‘conflicting definitions’ in NIST AI framework and AI ‘Bill of Rights’

A House Science Committee spokesperson says lawmakers' concerns center on varying definitions of the technology included in the two documents.

Jan 27, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

A display shows a vehicle and person recognition system for law enforcement during the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference in Washington, DC, November 1, 2017. (Image credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images).

AI ‘Bill of Rights’ must be accompanied by NIST risk management framework say experts

Bias and privacy risks associated with the technology can't be properly identified until NIST completes much-awaited impact assessments.

Oct 4, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

GSA won’t use facial recognition with Login.gov for now

The agency's secure sign-in team continues to research the technology and to conduct equity and accessibility studies.

Feb 9, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

MITRE: White House biometrics definition requires rethink

OSTP conflated three distinct concepts as biometrics, which will lead to confusion as it attempts craft an AI Bill of Rights.

Feb 9, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

Outgoing Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Eric Lander at his swearing-in ceremony with Vice President Kamala Harris, as his wife Lori Lander holds a 13-page fragment of a Mishnah, a collection of material embodying the oral tradition of Jewish law, on June 2 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

White House’s top S&T adviser resigns over bullying staff

In his resignation note, Eric Lander said he had at times crossed a line in communications with staff.

Feb 8, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

Sen. Rob Portman (U.S. Customs and Border Protection / Flickr)

Lawmakers want task force designing national AI resource staffed with experts

Signatories to a letter sent Tuesday also recommended adding the right to access research resources to a forthcoming AI Bill of Rights.

Jan 27, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir