§9411 — Title 15 Commerce and Trade | U.S. Code

Summary

The President must create and run a program called the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative. Its main goals are to keep the United States a leader in AI research, promote trustworthy AI in government and business, prepare today’s and tomorrow’s workers to use and build AI, and make sure civilian agencies, the Department of Defense, and the Intelligence Community share information so their work helps each other. The Initiative must support AI research with funding, test environments, and access to data and computing power. It must back K–12 and college programs, job training, and public education about AI. It must fund interdisciplinary research and training that brings together technical, social, health, legal, and ethical experts. The Initiative must coordinate across agencies, get input from the public and diverse groups, use existing federal investments, support AI research institutes, and work with allies when appropriate. It cannot affect intelligence sources and methods, change any agency’s intelligence powers, run or direct intelligence operations, or change intelligence classifications. The program ends 10 years after January 1, 2021.

Title 15, §9411

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(a)The President shall establish and implement an initiative to be known as the “National Artificial Intelligence Initiative”. The purposes of the Initiative shall be to—

(1)ensure continued United States leadership in artificial intelligence research and development;

(2)lead the world in the development and use of trustworthy artificial intelligence systems in the public and private sectors;

(3)prepare the present and future United States workforce for the integration of artificial intelligence systems across all sectors of the economy and society; and

(4)coordinate ongoing artificial intelligence research, development, and demonstration activities among the civilian agencies, the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community to ensure that each informs the work of the others.

(b)In carrying out the Initiative, the President, acting through the Initiative Office, the Interagency Committee, and agency heads as the President considers appropriate, shall carry out activities that include the following:

(1)Sustained and consistent support for artificial intelligence research and development through grants, cooperative agreements, testbeds, and access to data and computing resources.

(2)Support for K-12 education and postsecondary educational programs, including workforce training and career and technical education programs, and informal education programs to prepare the American workforce and the general public to be able to create, use, and interact with artificial intelligence systems.

(3)Support for interdisciplinary research, education, and workforce training programs for students and researchers that promote learning in the methods and systems used in artificial intelligence and foster interdisciplinary perspectives and collaborations among subject matter experts in relevant fields, including computer science, mathematics, statistics, engineering, social sciences, health, psychology, behavioral science, ethics, security, legal scholarship, and other disciplines that will be necessary to advance artificial intelligence research and development responsibly.

(4)Interagency planning and coordination of Federal artificial intelligence research, development, demonstration, standards engagement, and other activities under the Initiative, as appropriate.

(5)Outreach to diverse stakeholders, including citizen groups, industry, and civil rights and disability rights organizations, to ensure public input is taken into account in the activities of the Initiative.

(6)Leveraging existing Federal investments to advance objectives of the Initiative.

(7)Support for a network of interdisciplinary artificial intelligence research institutes, as described in section 9431(b)(7)(B) of this title.

(8)Support opportunities for international cooperation with strategic allies, as appropriate, on the research and development, assessment, and resources for trustworthy artificial intelligence systems.

(c)The Initiative shall not impact sources and methods, as determined by the Director of National Intelligence.

(d)Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as—

(1)modifying any authority or responsibility, including any operational authority or responsibility of any head of a Federal department or agency, with respect to intelligence or the intelligence community, as those terms are defined in 50 U.S.C. 3003; 11 See References in Text note below.

(2)authorizing the Initiative, or anyone associated with its derivative efforts to approve, interfere with, direct or to conduct an intelligence activity, resource, or operation; or

(3)authorizing the Initiative, or anyone associated with its derivative efforts to modify the classification of intelligence information.

(e)The Initiative established in this chapter shall terminate on the date that is 10 years after January 1, 2021.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (d) and (e), was in the original “this division”, meaning div. E of Pub. L. 116–283, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4523, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of div. E to the Code, see

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note set out under section 9401 of this title and Tables. 50 U.S.C. 3003, referred to in subsec. (d)(1), was so in the original, but probably should have been a reference to section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947, act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, which is classified to section 3003 of Title 50, War and National Defense.

§9411 National Artificial Intelligence Initiative