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The goal of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is to catalyze the computing research community to debate longer range, more audacious research challenges; to build consensus around research visions; to evolve the most promising visions toward clearly defined initiatives; and to work with the funding organizations to move challenges and visions toward funding initiatives. The purpose of this blog is to provide a more immediate, online mechanism for dissemination of visioning concepts and community discussion/debate about them.

White House Issues Plan for Federal Engagement in AI Technical Standards

August 12th, 2019 / in AI, Announcements, policy, resources / by Helen Wright

Today, the White House, through the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), issued a plan for Federal engagement in the development of technical standards for artificial intelligence (AI). The plan was called for as part of the national strategy for U.S. leadership in AI, the American AI Initiative, launched by Executive Order in February 2019.

After receiving broad public input, the technical standards plan provides guidance for Federal agencies, the private sector, and the academic community in the development of technical standards and related tools in support of reliable, robust, and trustworthy AI systems, and identifies priorities for Federal government involvement and leadership in AI standards development.

“The Trump Administration continues to deliver on the American AI Initiative, the national strategy for U.S. leadership in AI. Public trust, security, and privacy considerations remain critical components of our approach to setting AI technical standards. As put forward by NIST, Federal guidance for AI standards development will support reliable, robust and trustworthy systems and ensure AI is created and applied for the benefit of the American people,” said Michael Kratsios, Chief Technology Officer of the United States.

Visit AI.gov to learn more. The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) just released their completed Artificial Intelligence (AI) Roadmap, titled A 20-Year Community Roadmap for AI Research in the US last week.