What to expect from the Biden Administration’s AI executive order

🌐 Leveraging Federal Procurement Rules: Biden's directive will likely seek to harness federal purchasing power, aiming to sculpt standards for the AI industry and regulate the government's own AI tech usage.

🛡️ AI Testing: Rumblings suggest mandatory 'red teaming' for high-level AI models pre-adoption by federal entities, steered by the well-regarded-by-industry framework developed by NIST.

⚔ National Security: Classified sections might spotlight AI's national security applications, with additional clauses likely addressing cyber threats. Moreover, a close watch on powerful AI creations via cloud reporting provisions is in the cards.

🎓 Workforce Considerations: The order is expected to delve into determining AI workforce size, emphasizing enhanced training for domestic talent, and potentially simplifying tech immigration pathways.

🤝 Voluntary Commitments: Expect the order to memorialize and tighten AI commitments large AI firms made earlier this year, potentially with an emphasis on more rigorous testing, robust disclosure mechanisms, and superior model capability reports.

❓ What's TBD: Activists and some legislators have been pushing for the new order to include elements of an "AI Bill of Rights" vs only relying on NIST risk framework.

📢 Congressional Pre-Buttal: Senate Majority Leader Schumer has already indicated that executive authority is too limited and the “only real answer is legislative.”

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