The executive order also ostensibly seeks to protect the privacy of citizens and examine the effects that AI tools will have on the national labor market.

Biden Administration Issues AI Executive Order
U.S. president Joe Biden has recently issued an executive order that tackles the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), seeking to establish standards that companies in the industry will have to follow to operate in the U.S. The order, one of the most comprehensive issued by any government, also seeks to avoid discrimination produced by AI algorithms and protect citizens' privacy.

One of the features of the order is that it will require AI companies to "share their safety test results and other critical information with the U.S. government" when their activities pose "a serious risk to national security, national economic security, or national public health and safety."

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will be in charge of creating the standards for these tests, which will be applied to critical infrastructure projects to ensure they can withstand AI-derived threats.

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Another key issue the order touches on includes the development of methods that allow citizens to verify that communications are official and not AI-generated through "guidance for content authentication and watermarking to clearly label AI-generated content."

With this document, the Biden administration recognizes the threat that AI-developed systems pose to the labor security of Americans. To mitigate this effect, the order states that it will "develop principles and best practices to mitigate the harms and maximize the benefits of AI for workers" while also calling for producing a report to examine the possible impact of AI on labor disruptions.