Executive Order 14110: Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence

Summary

Sets out a federal government-wide approach to governing the development and use of AI under eight guiding principles, covering safety and security, innovation and competition, workers, equity and civil rights, consumer protection, privacy, federal AI capacity and international leadership. It assigns agencies reports, guidance and standards-setting tasks with deadlines and establishes the White House Artificial Intelligence Council to coordinate implementation. It was later listed as revoked.

Who it applies to

Applies to executive departments and agencies of the U.S. federal government, directing them to advance and govern AI development and use. It also sets out actions touching workers, privacy, consumers, competition and developers of dual-use foundation models, without creating rights enforceable by private parties.

Key points

• Defines terms such as AI, dual-use foundation model, AI red-teaming, synthetic content and watermarking for purposes of the order.
• Directs the Secretary of Labor to develop and publish principles and best practices for employers to mitigate AI harms to employees within 180 days.
• Directs NIST to create guidelines within 365 days for agencies to evaluate the efficacy of differential-privacy protections, including for AI.
• Establishes the White House Artificial Intelligence Council within the Executive Office of the President to coordinate agency AI policy implementation.

Key dates

Signed / adopted

Oct 30, 2023

Published (official journal)

Nov 1, 2023