White House instructs agencies to stop using ‘biased’ AI

The Office of Management and Budget clarified the steps agencies will have to take to ensure their contracted large language models do not produce “woke” outputs.

The Office of Management and Budget issued a new memorandum on Tuesday to ensure artificial intelligence technology procured within the federal government produces “truthful” outputs that do not “manipulate responses in favor of ideological dogmas.” 

Created as a part of President Donald Trump’s July executive orders that sought to eradicate “woke” AI, the new OMB memo aims to prevent large language models within the federal government that are deemed not “truth-seeking,” specifying that within federal agencies, “LLMs shall prioritize historical accuracy, scientific inquiry, and objectivity, and shall acknowledge uncertainty where reliable information is incomplete or contradictory.”

The memo prompts agencies to evaluate existing contracts that may employ LLMs that don’t fit OMB’s parameters and modify existing contracts to ensure LLM products ...