Washington, D.C. — A groundbreaking new report from the Center for American Progress and Governing for Impact (GFI) explores the untapped statutory authority to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) across key federal agencies and identifies more than 80 ways to leverage existing laws to drive progress in lieu of congressional action.
The report looks beyond agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission that have been at the forefront of this conversation. It discusses meaningful actions that could be taken by the White House and the Office of Management and Budget; financial regulators; and the departments of Labor, Education, and Housing and Urban Development. Those actions range from imposing binding AI-related obligations and worker protections on all federal contractors to requiring stress-testing and risk mitigation for AI systems deployed by financial institutions.
“There is no shortage of good ideas for regulating AI — it’s action that is harder to come by,” said Adam Conner, vice president for Technology Policy at CAP. “We’re proud to release this report that builds on the White House’s laudable 2023 executive order, outlining dozens of actionable next steps the federal government could take to tackle algorithmic discrimination, strengthen worker rights, mitigate systemic risks to our financial system and national security, and more.”
“If there’s one thing everyone seems to agree on when it comes to AI accountability, it’s that we vigorously enforce the laws on the books. But efforts to map that statutory authority across the federal government have been lacking,” said GFI Executive Director Rachael Klarman. “This report illuminates the breadth of untapped power agencies have at their disposal, offering a blueprint for taking swift and far-reaching actions grounded in existing law.”
Read the fact sheets with specific agency recommendations:
Read the full report: “Taking Further Agency Action on AI: How Agencies Can Deploy Existing Statutory Authority to Regulate Artificial Intelligence,” by Will Dobbs-Allsopp, Reed Shaw, Anna Rodriguez, Todd Phillips, Rachael Klarman, Adam Conner, Nicole Alvarez, and Ben Olinsky
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