Facing the Challenges Artificial Intelligence Poses

It is hard to think of a technology that has taken over the IT ecosystem faster than artificial intelligence. OpenAI released ChatGPT in November 2022, and yet it already has evolved so much that it bears little resemblance to v .0.

The federal government has been moving quickly by its standards to address AI’s challenges and capabilities, including a Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, an AI Risk Management Framework from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a National AI Research and Development Strategic Plan created by the White Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Executive Order 14110 on the “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of AI.” So have the European Union, China, and several other countries.

But all of these concern policies and regulations. What agencies are looking for is help addressing their boots-on-the-ground challenges, such as the lack of specialized talent, where they should invest their limited R&D funds, meeting the lofty standards of the AI bill of rights – or even how their own data assets are gathered, organized, and used in AI applications.

Learning Objectives:

• Review the evolution of AI and the new capabilities it incorporates
• Outline how current policies and frameworks can address these capabilities
• Assess your organization’s most pressing needs around incorporating AI into the agency mission
• Identify existing mechanisms to meet those needs and assess what further tools your agency needs