§9412 National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office

Summary

The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy must set up the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office and pick its director. The office must have enough staff, including staff sent from the federal departments named in section 9413(c). The Initiative director must support the Initiative’s interagency and advisory committees, act as the federal contact on AI for other agencies and outside groups, do regular public outreach including to civil rights and disability rights organizations, and help share Initiative technologies and best practices across federal agencies. Each year OSTP, with participating agencies, must estimate the funds needed and send that estimate and each agency’s agreed contribution to Congress with the President’s annual budget.