White House Publishes AI Guidance, Voluntary ‘Bill of Rights’
Source: GovTech
The Biden-Harris administration's Office of Science and Technology Policy has released new guidance on the use of artificial intelligence with the hope of better protecting citizens' rights.
The Biden-Harris administration’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) yesterday released a blueprint for an “AI Bill of Rights.” At its core, the document serves as a voluntary guide detailing how to responsibly deploy artificial intelligence to protect the rights of citizens.
The blueprint notes concerns associated with technology, including exclusionary hiring and health care and credit practices, as well as the potential to unjustly tracking individuals online and through social media platforms.
Using automated systems to surveil workplaces, schools and in the law enforcement space were also areas of concern.
“The Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights is for everyone who interacts daily with these powerful technologies — and every person whose life has been altered by unaccountable algorithms,” said Alondra Nelson, OSTP’s deputy director for science and society, in a release. “The practices laid out in the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights aren’t just aspirational; they are achievable and urgently necessary to build technologies and a society that works for all of us.”
The blueprint also noted potential benefits of the technology, which included helping farmers grow food more efficiently, better tracking and predicting storms and more easily identifying diseases.