Washington Taking Baby Steps with AI

A House committee has advanced a bill that would allow NIST to create a formal process for reporting security vulnerabilities in artificial intelligence systems.

The AI Incident Reporting and Security Enhancement Act was approved by a recent vote by the House Science, Space and Technology committee.

Once Congress approves it with a vote, it would give NIST the mandate to incorporate AI systems in the National Vulnerability Database (NVD). NVD is the federal government's centralized repository for tracking security vulnerabilities in software and hardware - and unfortunately this group hasn't had the budget to do their work and had been suspended.

While the bill focuses on enhancing AI security by creating a framework for incident reporting, Congress has yet to establish a broader plan or process to ensure that AI systems don't turn malicious or are hijacked by countries seeking to subvert American interests, and for AI being used for the overall good of society.

If the bill becomes law, NIST will be required to collaborate with other federal agencies, standards groups, and private sector experts, to develop a standardized approach for reporting AI cybersecurity incidents.

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