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President Joe Biden on Monday issued an executive order on the safe and secure use of artificial intelligence, including a provision directing the National Security Council (NSC) and his chief of staff develop a national security memorandum to guide the Defense Department and the intelligence community (IC) on the safe and ethical use of the technology for their missions.
The memorandum also would direct DoD and the IC to counter military use of AI by enemies.
“This document will ensure the United States military and intelligence community use AI safely, ethically, and effectively in their missions, and will direct actions to counter adversaries’ military use of AI,” a White House fact sheet says.
Another provision of the directive calls for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to create standards for red-teams to test AI systems to ensure they are safe prior to public release. NIST, which is part of the Department of Commerce, creates consensus-based standards with private and public sector input.
Once safe, secure, and trustworthy standards are established, the Department of Homeland Security will apply these standards to critical infrastructure sectors and establish an AI Safety and Security Advisory Board (AISSB) to be chaired by the secretary of homeland security. DHS will work with stakeholders on guidance for critical infrastructures to use.
“The AISSB will issue recommendations and best practices for an array of AI use cases to ensure AI deployments are secure and resilient,” DHS said.
In addition, DHS and the Department of Energy will assess threats posed by AI systems to critical infrastructure, and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, a ..
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