Biden’s Sweeping AI Executive Order Calls for Standards to ‘Mitigate Harms’ to Workers Posed by Artificial-Intelligence Tech

President Biden issued an executive order Monday aimed at establishing new safeguards about the use of AI while also promoting U.S. interests in the artificial-intelligence field. The executive order “establishes new standards for AI safety and security, protects Americans’ privacy, advances equity and civil rights, stands up for consumers and workers, promotes innovation and competition, advances American leadership around the world, and more,” the White House said in a statement. Among other things, Biden’s AI executive order directs federal agencies to “develop principles and best practices to mitigate the harms...