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class="field-content">Let me start by saying that data centers are not new, but the way we’re using them is. Even before artificial intelligence supercharged demand, data centers have been a linchpin of our digital economy.</div></div></div> <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><h2 class="field-content"><a href="/press-release/2024/ntia-seeks-comments-supporting-us-data-center-growth" hreflang="en">NTIA Seeks Comments on Supporting U.S. Data Center Growth</a></h2></div><div class="views-field views-field-nothing"><span class="field-content"><span class="views-created-dot-type--type">Press Release</span> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><div class="field-content"><p><strong>WASHINGTON </strong>– The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today launched an inquiry into how federal policy can support the growth of U.S. data centers to meet the coming demand from artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies.</p></div></div></div> <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><h2 class="field-content"><a href="/press-release/2024/ntia-supports-open-models-promote-ai-innovation" hreflang="en">NTIA Supports Open Models to Promote AI Innovation</a></h2></div><div class="views-field views-field-nothing"><span class="field-content"><span class="views-created-dot-type--type">Press Release</span> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><div class="field-content"><p><strong>WASHINGTON </strong>– Today, the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued policy recommendations embracing openness in artificial intelligence (AI) while calling for active monitoring of risks in powerful AI models.</p><p>NTIA’s <em>Report on Dual-Use Foundation Models with Widely Available Model Weights </em>recommends the U.S. government develop new capabilities to monitor for potential risks, but refrain from immediately restricting the wide availability of open model weights in the largest AI systems.</p></div></div></div> <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><h2 class="field-content"><a href="/speech/testimony/2024/building-ecosystem-ai-accountability" hreflang="en">Building an Ecosystem for AI Accountability</a></h2></div><div class="views-field views-field-nothing"><span class="field-content"><span class="views-created-dot-type--type">Speech/Testimony</span> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><div class="field-content">Building an Ecosystem for AI Accountability At NTIA, our goal is to make sure important technologies – from broadband to spectrum to emerging innovations like AI – are developed in the service of people and progress. Today, there is no better example of that challenge than the conversation around machine learning and artificial intelligence. Responsible AI innovation can – and will – bring enormous benefits to people. It is going to transform every corner of our economy, from advances in medicine to precision agriculture. But we will only realize the promise of AI if we also address the serious risks it raises today. Those include concerns about safety, security, privacy, discrimination and bias. Risks from disinformation. Impact on the labor market. These are not hypothetical, long-term risks; these are risks that exist right now.</div></div></div> <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><h2 class="field-content"><a href="/press-release/2024/ntia-calls-audits-and-investments-trustworthy-ai-systems" hreflang="en">NTIA calls for audits and investments in trustworthy AI systems </a></h2></div><div class="views-field views-field-nothing"><span class="field-content"><span class="views-created-dot-type--type">Press Release</span> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><div class="field-content"><p><strong>WASHINGTON – </strong>The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) called for independent audits of high-risk AI systems as part of a series of recommendations in the AI Accountability Policy Report released today. </p></div></div></div> <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><h2 class="field-content"><a href="/speech/testimony/2024/national-security-and-open-weight-models" hreflang="en">National Security and Open Weight Models </a></h2></div><div class="views-field views-field-nothing"><span class="field-content"><span class="views-created-dot-type--type">Speech/Testimony</span> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><div class="field-content">At NTIA, tech policy is what we do. Our focus is making sure important technologies – from broadband to spectrum to emerging innovations like AI – are developed in the service of people and progress. </div></div></div> <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><h2 class="field-content"><a href="/press-release/2024/ntia-solicits-comments-open-weight-ai-models" hreflang="en">NTIA Solicits Comments on Open-Weight AI Models</a></h2></div><div class="views-field views-field-nothing"><span class="field-content"><span class="views-created-dot-type--type">Press Release</span> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><div class="field-content"><p><strong>WASHINGTON</strong> – Today, the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) launched a Request for Comment on the risks, benefits and potential policy related to advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models with widely available model weights – the core component of AI systems.</p></div></div></div> <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><h2 class="field-content"><a href="/speech/testimony/2024/remarks-assistant-secretary-alan-davidson-meeting-ai-moment" hreflang="en">Remarks of Assistant Secretary Alan Davidson on Meeting the AI Moment </a></h2></div><div class="views-field views-field-nothing"><span class="field-content"><span class="views-created-dot-type--type">Speech/Testimony</span> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><div class="field-content">It is terrific to be back at CES. Not to date myself too much, but my first CES was something like 20 years ago. I do love walking the floor. And it is gratifying for NTIA to see how so much of our work – spectrum, broadband, AI policy – is reflected as an enabler of the innovations here.</div></div></div> <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><h2 class="field-content"><a href="/speech/testimony/2023/remarks-assistant-secretary-alan-davidson-open-artificial-intelligence-models" hreflang="en">Remarks of Assistant Secretary Alan Davidson on Open Artificial Intelligence Models</a></h2></div><div class="views-field views-field-nothing"><span class="field-content"><span class="views-created-dot-type--type">Speech/Testimony</span> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><div class="field-content">We are here today because of the growing power of technology in our daily lives. Advances in AI and machine learning systems have captured the public’s imagination, and rightly so. </div></div></div> <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><h2 class="field-content"><a href="/press-release/2023/ntia-kicks-public-engagement-executive-order-ai-work" hreflang="en">NTIA Kicks Off Public Engagement on Executive Order AI Work</a></h2></div><div class="views-field views-field-nothing"><span class="field-content"><span class="views-created-dot-type--type">Press Release</span> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><div class="field-content">Today, NTIA launched public engagement with its review of openness in artificial intelligence models at an event hosted by the Center for Democracy & Technology. </div></div></div> <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><h2 class="field-content"><a href="/speechtestimony/2023/written-statement-assistant-secretary-alan-davidson-before-house-committee-energy-and-commerce" hreflang="en">Written Statement of Assistant Secretary Alan Davidson Before the House Committee on Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Communications & Technology</a></h2></div><div class="views-field views-field-nothing"><span class="field-content"><span class="views-created-dot-type--type">Speech/Testimony</span> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><div class="field-content">Since my last appearance before the Subcommittee in May, we have made considerable progress toward the bipartisan initiatives that Congress tasked to NTIA.</div></div></div> <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><h2 class="field-content"><a href="/blog/2023/one-byte-at-a-time-ntias-approach-for-a-trustworthy-and-secure-internet" hreflang="en">One Byte at a Time: NTIA’s Approach For a Trustworthy and Secure Internet</a></h2></div><div class="views-field views-field-nothing"><span class="field-content"><span class="views-created-dot-type--type">Blog</span> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><div class="field-content">As part of this year’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we at NTIA are taking a moment to reflect on our collective achievements and the crucial work that lies ahead of us to ensure that the Internet remains open, free, and secure. </div></div></div> <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><h2 class="field-content"><a href="/blog/2023/road-igf2023" hreflang="en">The Road to IGF2023</a></h2></div><div class="views-field views-field-nothing"><span class="field-content"><span class="views-created-dot-type--type">Blog</span> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><div class="field-content">The upcoming Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Kyoto, Japan will unfold amidst two major Internet governance milestone events. It will come on the heels of a preparatory ministerial meeting for next year’s Summit of the Future, where the Global Digital Compact is envisioned to be agreed to, and in advance of the 20-year review of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20). </div></div></div> <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><h2 class="field-content"><a href="/press-release/2023/statements-assistant-secretary-davidson-vice-minister-park" hreflang="en">Statements of Assistant Secretary Davidson & Vice Minister Park </a></h2></div><div class="views-field views-field-nothing"><span class="field-content"><span class="views-created-dot-type--type">Press Release</span> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><div class="field-content"><p><strong>WASHINGTON –</strong> Today, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Alan Davidson met with Vice Minister Park Yun Kyu of the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), Republic of Korea. </p></div></div></div> <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><h2 class="field-content"><a href="/press-release/2023/ntia-receives-more-1400-comments-ai-accountability-policy" hreflang="en">NTIA Receives More Than 1,400 Comments on AI Accountability Policy </a></h2></div><div class="views-field views-field-nothing"><span class="field-content"><span class="views-created-dot-type--type">Press Release</span> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><div class="field-content"><p><strong>WASHINGTON –</strong> The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) received roughly 1,447 written comments in response to its Artificial Intelligence Accountability Policy Request for Comment (RFC), which was issued in April and is part of President Biden’s commitment to seizing the opportunities AI presents while managing its risks.</p></div></div></div> <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><h2 class="field-content"><a href="/speech/testimony/2023/remarks-assistant-secretary-alan-davidson-ai-accountability-better-way-innovate" hreflang="en">Remarks of Assistant Secretary Alan Davidson AI Accountability: A Better Way to Innovate</a></h2></div><div class="views-field views-field-nothing"><span class="field-content"><span class="views-created-dot-type--type">Speech/Testimony</span> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><div class="field-content">April 11, 2023 - Thank you, Beth. And thank you to the University of Pittsburgh for hosting this event and bringing us all together for this timely discussion on artificial intelligence. I also want to thank Ellen Goodman, who you will hear from today, as well as the other leaders of NTIA’s team for all their work on our AI initiative.</div></div></div> <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><h2 class="field-content"><a href="/press-release/2023/ntia-seeks-public-input-boost-ai-accountability" hreflang="en">NTIA Seeks Public Input to Boost AI Accountability</a></h2></div><div class="views-field views-field-nothing"><span class="field-content"><span class="views-created-dot-type--type">Press Release</span> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><div class="field-content"><p><strong>WASHINGTON – </strong>Today, the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) launched a <a href="/issues/artificial-intelligence/request-for-comments">request for comment (RFC) </a>to advance its efforts to ensure artificial intelligence (AI) systems work as claimed – and without causing harm. 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