AI use by the US government is ballooning. And the lack of transparency is troubling | Nathan E Sanders and Bruce Schneider
Summary
The Trump administration reported that the U.S. government has 3,611 active or planned uses of artificial intelligence (AI), a 70% increase from the previous year. These AI applications range from scanning grant applications to managing nuclear reactor safety, but the government provides very little information about how these systems work or involve the public.Key Facts
- The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) disclosed 3,611 AI use cases in the federal government.
- The number of AI projects increased by 70% compared to the last year of the Biden administration.
- Examples include an AI system scanning grant applications at Health and Human Services and one predicting inmate misconduct at the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
- The Department of Veterans Affairs is developing AI to monitor crisis calls for suicide risk.
- The Department of Energy is testing AI to control nuclear reactors for safety responses.
- The State Department ended an AI program aimed at forecasting mass civilian killings.
- Details about the AI systems are minimal, often just one sentence, making it hard to understand their purpose or safety.
- Public consultation on these AI uses is rare, and only one agency (the Department of Justice) plans to involve the public.
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