Administration Releases Guidance On Federal Use Of AI

On March 28, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), released a memo implementing major provisions of the Biden Administration's AI Executive Order. The memo covers the following broad themes each of which are summarized below:

• Strengthening AI Governance
• Advancing Responsible AI Innovation
• Managing Risks from the Use of AI
• Government

Scope of memo:

Agencies covered: Virtually all federal agencies (including independent agencies) are covered by the memo.

• Some requirements apply only to departments listed in the Chief Financial Officers Act, which are essentially the cabinet-level departments plus the EPA and NASA.

AI covered: "Any artificial system that performs tasks under varying and unpredictable circumstances without significant human oversight, or that can learn from experience and improve performance when exposed to data sets." (2019 Defense Authorization Act).