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Those obligations are supposed to help minimize risk, promote standards and testing, and bake security protections into AI software.</p> <div aria-hidden="true" class="adun" data-pos="top" data-raptor="condor" data-xsm=",fluid,mpu," data-sm=",fluid,mpu," data-md=",fluid,mpu,"> <noscript> <a href="https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_onprem/publicsector&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2Z7OCfVT_NBH7OIo9fHsu-AAAAcU&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0" target="_blank"> <img src="https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_onprem/publicsector&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2Z7OCfVT_NBH7OIo9fHsu-AAAAcU&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0" alt=""> </a> </noscript> </div> <p> <a href="https://youtu.be/JMLeKooCbaI" data-media="x-videoplayer">Youtube Video</a> </p> <div aria-hidden="true" class="adun" data-pos="top" data-raptor="falcon" data-xmd=",fluid,mpu,leaderboard," data-lg=",fluid,mpu,leaderboard," data-xlg=",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,mpu,leaderboard," data-xxlg=",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,brandwidth,brandimpact,leaderboard,mpu,"> <noscript> <a href="https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_onprem/publicsector&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44Z7OCfVT_NBH7OIo9fHsu-AAAAcU&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0" target="_blank"> <img src="https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_onprem/publicsector&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44Z7OCfVT_NBH7OIo9fHsu-AAAAcU&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0" alt=""> </a> </noscript> </div> <p>"Every agency now has a chief data officer, every agency now has a data plan for the most part," Carey said, in the context of the order highlighting of the need to safeguard personal information when training and running models.</p> <p>You can find a summary of Biden's exec order <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/10/30/fact-sheet-president-biden-issues-executive-order-on-safe-secure-and-trustworthy-artificial-intelligence/">here</a> from the White House and <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.ey.com/en_us/insights/public-policy/key-takeaways-from-the-biden-administration-executive-order-on-ai">here</a> from EY, plus a handy tracker detailing what's expected and what's been done <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.mayerbrown.com/en/insights/publications/2024/02/biden-artificial-intelligence-executive-order-action-tracker">here</a>.</p> <div aria-hidden="true" class="adun" data-pos="top" data-raptor="falcon" data-xsm=",fluid,mpu," data-sm=",fluid,mpu," data-md=",fluid,mpu,"> <noscript> <a href="https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_onprem/publicsector&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44Z7OCfVT_NBH7OIo9fHsu-AAAAcU&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0" target="_blank"> <img src="https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_onprem/publicsector&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44Z7OCfVT_NBH7OIo9fHsu-AAAAcU&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0" alt=""> </a> </noscript> </div> <p>So, what about bad implementations of AI, such as faulty systems that <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/09/ai_medicare_health/">deny medical coverage</a> or <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/04/microsoft_cloud_facial_recog/">misidentify police suspects</a>? What's stopping the Feds from deploying that kind of glitchy tech? Keep in mind the executive order was more like a set of guidelines and guardrails, Carey said. </p> <p>"I think [the EO] provided guardrails for things that are already going on," Carey told us. 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