An important role of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is responding to government requests for information. The CCC does this by recruiting various members of the computing research community to synthesis main points and incorporate a variety of opinions into a response. In the past couple of months alone, the CCC has responded to five requests. The responses are highlighted below: Response to the PCAST Working Group on Generative AI’s Request for Public Input In May 2023, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) published a Request for Public Input to help assess key opportunities and risks and provide input on how best to ensure that these GenAI technologies are […]

Last month, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released a request for comment on Artificial Intelligence (AI) system accountability measures and policies. The request sought comments pertaining to both potential and existing self-regulatory, regulatory, and other measures designed to provide reliable evidence to external stakeholders that AI systems are legal, effective, ethical, safe, and otherwise trustworthy. Written by Nadya Bliss (Arizona State University), David Danks (University of California, San Diego), Maria Gini (University of Minnesota), Jamie Gorman (Arizona State University), William Gropp (University of Illinois), Madeline Hunter (Computing Community Consortium), Odest Chadwick Jenkins (University of Michigan), David Jensen (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Daniel Lopresti (Lehigh University), Bart Selman (Cornell […]