Inside the OMB’s Bold New AI Playbook: How Innovation and Trust Hang in the Balance
“CCC’s clients include the largest US-based companies in fields as diverse as food, fuel, pharmaceuticals, finance, engineering, and aerospace. Through our work with these businesses, we know that high stakes AI applications require transparency of input. This is just another version of responsible supply chain management. The US Government should not risk the security and health of its citizens by using AI systems developed with incomplete documentation….”
OMB and the Government as Consumer
We are expecting the AI Action Plan to be issued over the summer. This will be the “official” policy document. We may, however, glean some of the administration’s views by looking at a recently issued memo from Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Voight. This memo’s subject line is “Accelerating Federal Use of AI through Innovation, Governance, and Public Trust.” It calls for Federal agencies to “adopt a forward-leaning and pro-innovation approach that takes advantage of this technology to help shape the future of government operations.” As such, the US Government is establishing de facto rules through buying power.
