NEW
YORK, June 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The
Committee for Economic Development (CED), the public policy center
of The Conference Board, has issued a new Solutions Brief,
Principles for AI Guardrails in the US. It explores the need
for guardrails on AI to ensure its safety and security while
promoting innovation and encouraging US competitiveness.
The Solutions Brief—the latest in CED's Sustaining Capitalism
series—comes as policymakers and business leaders face both the
challenges and opportunities that the rapid development of AI
brings. AI has the potential to reshape society, the economy, and
national security profoundly. Yet its integration into a growing
number of applications also comes with novel risks ranging from
bias and inaccuracy to misuse, disinformation, and
weaponization.
As the Solutions Brief emphasizes, to strengthen US
technological leadership and national security, lawmakers should
develop a policy framework that ensures responsible AI development
and use.
"The pace of change that AI promises demands that the US take a
proactive approach. Only through collaboration between policymakers
and business leaders will the US be able to develop the strategic
framework necessary to accelerate AI advances and adoption in a
responsible manner," said John
Gardner, Vice President, Public Policy at CED.
Key Recommendations
Establishing a national AI framework is essential for continued US
leadership in the global AI race, ensuring the AI revolution can
proceed safely and securely to benefit all Americans. CED's
recommendations include:
The US Should Aim to Lead in AI
- Commit to the initiatives necessary to lead the global AI race,
promoting pathways for innovation and establishing a federal
framework that can catalyze responsible development and deployment.
Clear rules will provide innovators with the certainty to drive
progress.
Promote Innovation
- Calibrate standards to promote innovation and not hamper US
competitiveness, focusing on propelling advances in AI reliability,
model testing, and risk assessment.
Prioritize Transparency
- Ensure transparency responsibilities commensurate with the risk
level of an AI application and each entity's role: AI developers
should test and disclose information on their products based on
standardized benchmarks, while AI deployers should be transparent
in certain circumstances to end users about the use of AI and test
any changes they have made to models.
Apply a Risk-Based Approach to Setting Standards
- Consider establishing a classification system based on the risk
associated with the application in which AI is deployed, with
heightened transparency obligations targeting high-risk
applications and lesser requirements for lower-risk use cases to
preserve space for innovation.
Protect Data Privacy
- Handle sensitive personal data under heightened scrutiny and
establish an "unacceptable risk" tier that would prohibit
activities such dark pattern analysis or behavioral monitoring. For
certain use cases, users should retain the right to control their
data and have it deleted.
Clarify AI Intellectual Property Rights &
Liability
- Review and evaluate on the treatment of copyrighted works
collected or used for AI training, intellectual property rights of
AI-generated content, and the extent of liability for AI developers
and users.
Collaborate with International Allies
- Expand and lead international collaboration on AI principles,
seeking framework interoperability with allied partners while
leveraging broad cooperation and cutting-edge AI-powered solutions
to address risks from malicious actors such as cyber, biochemicals,
misinformation, and other weaponization.
Mitigate Environmental Impact
- Address the interconnection backlog of renewable energy
resources to build grid capacity and resilience, while ensuring
that AI research and deployment initiatives drive efficiencies that
can offset AI's new capacity demands.
Invest in Workforce & Literacy
- Invest in a skilled and adaptive US workforce through expanding
training and apprenticeship opportunities; reinvigorating science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education; and
promoting broad AI literacy.
About The Conference Board
The Conference Board is the
member-driven think tank that delivers Trusted Insights for What's
Ahead.™ Founded in 1916, we are a non-partisan, not-for-profit
entity holding 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status in the United States. ConferenceBoard.org
The Committee for Economic Development (CED) is the public
policy center of The Conference Board. The nonprofit, nonpartisan,
business-led organization delivers well-researched analysis and
reasoned solutions in the nation's interest. CED Trustees are chief
executive officers and key executives of leading US companies who
bring their unique experience to address today's pressing policy
issues. Collectively, they represent 30+ industries and over 4
million employees.
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