Driving The Day

Today is October 16, 2024, and here are the key policymaker and stakeholder actions on AI you need to know: In Washington, the Biden Administration announced a $750 million grant under the CHIPS and Science Act to help Wolfspeed expand its advanced chip manufacturing operation. The administration is also seeking more information about individual privacy risks that may arise when the federal government buys data from data brokers, especially if AI was used to help compile the data. Across the pond, Amnesty International urged France’s social security agency to stop using a “discriminatory risk-scoring algorithm” to detect errors in benefit payments.

In this issue:

• Washington in Focus: The U.S. Department of Labor's AI mission spans public policy and internal agency use.

• Around the Nation: Government Technology analyzed the public AI inventories released by Vermont and Connecticut.

• Across the Pond: Some AI models are falling short on a new tool meant to score their compliance with forthcoming EU AI Act rules. 

• Global Highlights: A report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation recommends guidance to ensure human rights are protected amid government use of AI in Latin America. 

• Outside Views: Amazon signed deals to build, invest in small modular nuclear reactors.

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