The Department of Commerce has released a request for comment on AI Accountability Policy. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is requesting comments on AI system accountability measures and policies. The comments will help the administration to draft and issue a report on AI accountability policy development focusing on AI assurance ecosystems. Comments are due June 10th, 2023. Summary: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) hereby requests comments on Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) system accountability measures and policies. This request focuses on self-regulatory, regulatory, and other measures and policies that are designed to provide reliable evidence to external stakeholders – that is, to provide assurance – – that AI systems […]

How does social science and government policy affect technology? That was the main question the Socio-technical Cybersecurity: It’s All About People scientific session attempted to answer at this year’s American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual meeting in Washington, DC. The session was moderated by Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Director Ann Drobnis, and CCC Council Member Keith Marzullo (University of Maryland, College Park) was the discussant for the panel, which included participating speakers: Brian LaMacchia (Microsoft Research) highlighted the challenges in cybersecurity in the age of cloud and edge computing in his presentation Cyberspace: Enabling Trustworthy and Autonomous Agency; David Mussington (University of Maryland, College Park) discussed the necessity of […]