President Joe Biden has taken a significant step in ensuring the responsible development and management of artificial intelligence (AI) with the issuance of a landmark Executive Order. The order marks a pivotal moment in America's commitment to harnessing the potential and addressing the potential risks associated with AI.

The Executive Order sets forth comprehensive standards aimed at ensuring AI safety and security, emphasizing the protection of privacy, advancing equity and civil rights, standing up for consumers and workers, promoting innovation and competition, advancing American leadership globally, and more.

Key directives highlighted in the order include:

1. New Standards for AI Safety and Security:

- Rigorous safety testing and sharing crucial information with the government.
- Setting comprehensive red-team testing standards for ensuring the trustworthiness of AI development.
- Development of robust standards for biological synthesis screening and protection against AI-enabled fraud.

2. Protecting Americans' Privacy:

- Accelerating privacy-preserving techniques, utilizing advanced AI.
- Advancing research and technologies to preserve privacy and evaluate information collection by federal agencies.

3. Advancing Equity and Civil Rights:

- Providing guidance to prevent discrimination through AI algorithms.
- Developing best practices for using AI in the criminal justice system.

4. Standing Up for Consumers, Patients, and Students:

- Advancing responsible AI use in healthcare and education.
- Safeguarding consumers from potential AI-related harms.

5. Supporting Workers:

- Principals and best practices to mitigate risks and benefits of AI for workers.
- Reports and options to support workers facing labor disruptions due to AI.

6. Promoting Innovation and Competition:

- Catalyzing AI research across the nation.
- Enhancing a fair, open, and competitive AI ecosystem for small developers.

7. Advancing American Leadership Abroad:

- Collaborating with international partners on AI benefits and risks.
- Ensuring the safe, responsible, and rights-affirming use of AI to solve global challenges.

8. Ensuring Responsible and Effective Government Use of AI:

- Issuing guidance for responsible government deployment of AI.
- Streamlining contracting and accelerating hiring of AI professionals in government.

These decisive measures stand as a significant stride in the nation's approach to safe, secure, and trustworthy AI and represent a critical step in establishing a robust international framework for AI governance. The Administration will continue to engage with Congress and global allies to lead responsible innovation. To learn more and engage with the Federal AI workforce, visit AI.gov.