2 weeks Ago By Mintz
October 30, 2024, marked one year since the Biden administration released its Executive Order on AI (AI EO). On the anniversary of the AI EO, the White House announced that “federal agencies have completed each action that the Executive Order tasked for this past year – more than one hundred in all.” The one-year anniversary of the issuance of the AI EO is a good milestone to assess the fruits of the AI EO.
This is particularly the case in light of the election of Donald Trump to a second term as President Trump may well withdraw the current AI EO. In a previous newsletter , we addressed the Trump and Harris campaigns’ statements on AI. We will return shortly to what may occur in the Trump administration, together with any developments about whether the lame-duck Congress will attempt to advance any AI-related legislation.
The major one-year actions of the AI EO covered in this week’s newsletter include: Outstanding Actions: Delayed Report on AI and Copyright On October 25, 2024, the Chair and Ranking Member of the Committee on House Administration sent a letter to the US Copyright Office requesting that the office release its delayed reports on AI. Pursuant to the AI EO, the Copyright Office was directed to release reports about the implications of AI on copyright law. While part one of the report was released on July 1, 2024, the second and third parts were promised by the Office to be released by the end of FY 2024 but have yet to be released.
Overall, the one-year anniversary of the AI EO is just that, an anniversary, not a conclusion. There was a lot undone or unsaid in the reports, toolboxes, and approaches it produced. As we will discuss later this month, the Trump administration is very likely to set aside much of this work and set off in different directions.
Meanwhile, the evolution of AI does not stand still waiting for the US to finalize policy or regulatory approach. Other entities around the world have not waited for the United States either..
