Week in Review (6/22/24)

Here’s the latest in public sector AI news from the past week. You may also find the OECD.AI AI Incident Monitor (AIM) a helpful resource to track recent AI incidents and hazards: https://oecd.ai/en/incidents

Federal

? GSA: first group of AI Presidential Innovation Fellows https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/newsroom/news-releases/presidential-innovation-fellows-launches-first-cohort-focused-exclusively-on-artificial-intelligence-06172024

? Taking further agency action on AI https://www.americanprogress.org/article/taking-further-agency-action-on-ai/

? CISA: conducts first ever AI security incident drill https://www.govinfosecurity.com/cisa-conducts-first-ever-ai-security-incident-response-drill-a-25540

? NGA: launches new AI training https://defensescoop.com/2024/06/18/nga-launches-new-training-help-personnel-adopt-ai-responsibly/

? Army to pilot GenAI https://breakingdefense.com/2024/06/army-teases-pilot-generative-ai-program-to-start-in-july/

? DOD: AI speeds contracting https://www.meritalk.com/articles/dod-tech-lead-ai-speeds-contracting-supports-non-traditional-startups/

? Senate: hedge funds use AI without sufficient guardrails https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/media/dems/peters-report-finds-hedge-funds-use-of-ai-in-trading-decisions-without-sufficient-guardrails-increases-risks-to-investors-and-financial-markets/

? Meet the federal CAIOs https://www.meritalk.com/articles/meet-the-expanded-roster-of-federal-agency-caios/

? House: looks to codify agency Chief AI Officers and CAIO Council https://www.meritalk.com/articles/house-bill-looks-to-codify-agency-ai-officers-caio-council/

? GAO: GenAI technology and commercial applications https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-106946

? Biden’s AI legacy https://www.theregreview.org/2024/06/15/bidens-artificial-intelligence-legacy/

? Leading agency innovation in the age of AI https://fedscoop.com/the-ai-leadership-imperative-preparing-federal-agencies-for-ais-impact/

State/Local

? NC: how college faculty use AI https://magazine.college.unc.edu/features/a-new-era-of-ai/

? CO: Governor, others, vow to revise AI law https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/colorado-governor-attorney-general-vow-to-revise-recently-enacted-ai-law/article_53aa96b8-2a7e-11ef-9d99-d791f3cce317.html

? CA: lawmakers trying to regulate AI before too late https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-06-19/california-lawmakers-are-trying-to-regulate-ai-before-its-too-late-heres-how

? NJ: AI teaching resources released https://www.nj.gov/education/news/2024/NewJerseyDepartmentofEducationReleasesResourcestoHelpSchoolsUseArtificialIntelligenceforTeachingandLearning.pdf

? WA: AI task force members announced https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/ag-ferguson-announces-artificial-intelligence-task-force-members

? SD: seeking answers from AI pros https://listen.sdpb.org/business-economics/2024-06-21/state-lawmakers-seek-answers-from-ai-professionals-on-regulation

International

? Thailand: gov launches free ai courses https://www.nationthailand.com/blogs/news/general/40038839

? Japan: AI app detects pain in cats https://www.fastcompany.com/91140556/ai-app-cats-pain-catsme-health

? Brazil: Lula calls for safe, transparent, and liberating AI https://www.gov.br/planalto/en/latest-news/2024/06/at-g7-lula-defends-global-ai-governance-super-rich-taxation-1

? Fiscal policy can help broaden AI gains https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2024/06/17/fiscal-policy-can-help-broaden-the-gains-of-ai-to-humanity

? Caribbean: pledge to use AI to fight corruption https://thecommonwealth.org/news/caribbean-anti-corruption-chiefs-endorse-ai-solutions-tackle-illicit-financial-flows

? UK: Britain must not overregulate AI https://thecritic.co.uk/britain-must-not-overregulate-ai/

? EU: new AI office opens https://www.thedrum.com/news/2024/06/17/the-eu-just-opened-ai-office-here-s-what-means

? EU:? what Council of Europe’s new treaty tells us about global AI governance https://theloop.ecpr.eu/what-the-council-of-europes-new-treaty-tells-us-about-global-ai-governance/

? Responsible AI in African policymaking https://oecd.ai/en/wonk/responsible-ai-in-african-economic-policymaking

? India: models being trained on poor quality datasets https://www.socialnews.xyz/2024/06/17/most-ai-models-are-being-trained-on-poor-quality-datasets-rajeev-chandrasekhar/

? UK: AI scans faces for age, gender, and emotions at rail stations https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13545891/Network-Rail-Amazon-AI-cameras-railway-passengers-emotions.html

? EU:? AI board meets https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-hosts-high-level-meeting-upcoming-eus-ai-board-drive-ai-act-implementation-forward

?Canada: releases armed forces AI strategy https://www.cmfmag.ca/policy/canadian-armed-forces-release-artificial-intelligence-strategy/

Other

? 32 times AI got it catastrophically wrong https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/32-times-artificial-intelligence-got-it-catastrophically-wrong

? McDonalds – no more AI drive-thru https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2024/06/17/mcdonalds-ends-ai-drive-thru-test/74128472007/

? AI missile targeting system https://www.c4isrnet.com/artificial-intelligence/2024/06/17/mbda-unveils-ai-based-ground-warden-tool-for-finding-hidden-targets/

? AI weather model 5,000 times faster https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/ai-weather-forecast-aurora-faster

? Chess champ Kasparov on AI https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/06/17/garry-kasparov-chess-humans-ai/

? The three top aspects of AI success https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2024/06/17/the-three-top-aspects-of-ai-success/

? If AI is so good, why do we still have human translators? https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2024/06/18/g-s1-4461/if-ai-is-so-good-why-are-there-still-so-many-jobs-for-translators

? AI gives CIOs seat at the table https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366589253/Why-AI-could-finally-get-CIOs-a-seat-at-the-table

? DeepLearning.AI Batch News https://info.deeplearning.ai/open-model-bonanza-private-benchmarks-for-fairer-tests-more-interactive-music-generation-diffusion-gan

? AI makes call centers less painful https://www.fastcompany.com/91143044/ai-technology-call-centers-softbank-microsoft-att

? When AI senses trouble, Dr.’s take note https://www.politico.com/newsletters/future-pulse/2024/06/20/when-ai-predicts-trouble-doctors-take-note-00164133

? Claude 3.5, new more powerful model https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/20/anthropic-claude-3point5-sonnet-ai-announced.html

? Responsible AI in financial markets https://www.brookings.edu/articles/responsible-ai-use-in-global-financial-markets/

? AI survey finds four themes https://www.bain.com/insights/ai-survey-four-themes-emerging/

? Target releasing store companion chatbot https://www.axios.com/2024/06/20/target-store-companion-ai-tool-employee