Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Promote Responsible AI Innovation that Protects Americans’ Rights and Safety

The Biden-Harris Administration announced new actions to further promote responsible American innovation in artificial intelligence (AI) and protect people’s rights and safety:

• The National Science Foundation announced $140 million in funding to launch seven new National AI Research Institutes.
• AI developers—including Anthropic, Google, Hugging Face, Microsoft, NVIDIA, OpenAI, and Stability AI—will participate in a public evaluation of AI systems, consistent with responsible disclosure principles—on an evaluation platform developed by Scale AI—at the AI Village at DEFCON 31.
• The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will be releasing draft policy guidance on the use of AI systems by the US government for public comment.