As promised.

https://www.bespacific.com/biden-issues-executive-order-on-safe-secure-and-trustworthy-artificial-intelligence/

Biden Issues Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence

“Today [October 30, 2023], President Biden issued a landmark Executive Order to ensure that America leads the way in seizing the promise and managing the risks of artificial intelligence (AI). The Executive Order establishes new standards for AI safety and security, protects Americans’ privacy, advances equity and civil rights, stands up for consumers and workers, promotes innovation and competition, advances American leadership around the world, and more. As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s comprehensive strategy for responsible innovation, the Executive Order builds on previous actions the President has taken, including work that led to voluntary commitments from 15 leading companies to drive safe, secure, and trustworthy development of AI.”

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https://fpf.org/blog/fpf-statement-on-biden-harris-ai-executive-order/

FPF STATEMENT ON BIDEN-HARRIS AI EXECUTIVE ORDER

The Biden-Harris AI plan is incredibly comprehensive, with a whole of government approach and with an impact beyond government agencies. Although the executive order focuses on the government’s use of AI, the influence on the private sector will be profound due to the extensive requirements for government vendors, worker surveillance, education and housing priorities, the development of standards to conduct risk assessments and mitigate bias, the investments in privacy enhancing technologies, and more. Also important is the call for bipartisan privacy legislation, the most important precursor for protections for AI that impact vulnerable populations.

Read FPF’s AI Resources for more information.

Big Brotherland? How successful have they been?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/oct/29/uk-police-urged-to-double-use-of-facial-recognition-software

UK police urged to double use of facial recognition software

Police are being encouraged to double their use of retrospective facial recognition software to track down offenders over the next six months.

Policing minister Chris Philp has written to force leaders suggesting the target of exceeding 200,000 searches of still images against the police national database by May using facial recognition technology.

He also is encouraging police to operate live facial recognition (LFR) cameras more widely, before a global artificial intelligence (AI) safety summit next week at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire.

Philp said the advances would allow police to “stay one step ahead of criminals” and make Britain’s streets safer.

… Philp has also previously said he is going to make UK passport photos searchable by police.