White House releases regulatory vision for AI

The White House unveiled a new artificial intelligence policy framework on Friday that features seven guiding recommendations to support the administration’s policy recommendations for Congress.

The National Policy Framework for AI’s seven pillars are Protecting Children and Empowering Parents; Safeguarding and Strengthening American Communities; Respecting Intellectual Property Rights and Creators; Preventing Censorship and Protecting Free Speech; Enabling Innovation and Ensuring American AI Dominance; Educating Americans and Developing an AI-ready Workforce; and Establishing a Federal Policy Framework Preempting Cumbersome State Laws.

Policy details within each pillar aim to balance citizen protections — such as eliminating child user data collection, augmenting parental safety controls, ensuring ratepayers aren’t burdened with high utility costs and providing tax breaks for AI adoption in small businesses — with ensuring the U.S. isn’t hindered in advancing AI technologies. For example, while ratepayers — those who pay fees to utility providers — are protected, the framework dictates ...