The sweeping order hopes to address a range of issues, including safety and privacy, innovation, job loss, as well as algorithmic discrimination.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, better known as NIST, will develop technical standards to set a bar for the safety of machine-learn tech. Developers will have to run these red-team-style tests on their models and share the results with government officials before they can be launched publicly or deployed in commercial settings.
Meanwhile, the National Security Council and White House Chief of Staff will establish a National Security Memorandum instructing military and intelligence agencies on how to use AI"safely, ethically and effectively" to carry out missions and fight against adversaries.
The US government promised to issue a report detailing the potential impacts AI will have on the labor market to identify jobs at risk of being replaced and better support employees. In return, it will outline new principles and best practices to guide employers and workers on job applications and compensation as machines become increasingly powerful.