Final Report of the Emerging Technologies Subcommittee - AI and Machine Learning (open access)

Final Report of the Emerging Technologies Subcommittee - AI and Machine Learning

This report asserts that the accelerated pace of the technological change in today's global research and development ecosystem is creating both risks and opportunities in the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) mission domain. To assist the DHS in forecasting both threats and opportunities, work with partners, and improve the ability of DHS components to execute mission critical objectives, the Secretary chartered the Emerging Technologies Subcommittee of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.
Date: November 14, 2019
Creator: Allen, Thad; Lanier, Cathy; Rose, Robert; Carrick, Patrick; Cilluffo, Frank; Dannels, Mark et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Human Rights in the age of artificial intelligence (open access)

Human Rights in the age of artificial intelligence

Report studying potential human rights issues that could arise from the everyday use of artificial intelligence (AI).
Date: November 2018
Creator: Andersen, Lindsey
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Mission Focused Subcommittee Final Report (open access)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Mission Focused Subcommittee Final Report

This report details the creation and intentions of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Mission Focused Subcommittee. The subcommittee asserts that if utilized in an ethical, informed, and responsible manner, AI/ML systems have the ability to improve transportation security, accelerate migrant processing timelines, bolster the functioning of supply chains, intercept illicit contraband , and more.
Date: September 14, 2023
Creator: Andreessen, Marc; Barrett, Tarika; Chertoff, Michael; Isom, Robert; Shortal, Matt; Stephen, Craig et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Artificial Intelligence, Automation, and the Economy (open access)

Artificial Intelligence, Automation, and the Economy

This report discusses ways that artificial intelligence could potentially automate manual tasks and relieve human labor. However, the authors recognize this shift would displace the livelihoods of millions of Americans. The pros and cons of artificial intelligence on the economy is discussed.
Date: December 2016
Creator: Council of Economic Advisors
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mitigating Economic Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Preserving U.S. Strategic Competitiveness in Artificial Intelligence (open access)

Mitigating Economic Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Preserving U.S. Strategic Competitiveness in Artificial Intelligence

White paper authored by three members of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence to address AI-related aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic response and the implications of the crisis for America's security and strategic competitiveness. It offers five themed recommendations to use AI to reopen, assess, preserve, screen, and return the U.S.'s economic and national security concerns during and after the pandemic.
Date: May 19, 2020
Creator: Darby, Chris; Louie, Gilman & Matheny, Jason
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exploratory Advanced Research Program: The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Federally Supported Surface Transportation Initiatives (open access)

Exploratory Advanced Research Program: The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Federally Supported Surface Transportation Initiatives

This report details the role of artificial intelligence in the context of federally supported surface transportation initiatives.
Date: 2018
Creator: Exploratory Advanced Research Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Artificial Intelligence: Background, Selected Issues, and Policy Considerations (open access)

Artificial Intelligence: Background, Selected Issues, and Policy Considerations

Report containing an overview of artificial intelligence (AI), recent growth in the field of AI, federal activity in AI (i.e., Executive Branch and Congress), and selected issues for congressional consideration to assist Congress in its work on AI.
Date: May 19, 2021
Creator: Harris, Laurie A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Artificial Intelligence: Overview, Recent Advances, and Considerations for the 118th Congress (open access)

Artificial Intelligence: Overview, Recent Advances, and Considerations for the 118th Congress

Report providing a background on artificial intelligence (AI), recent advances, benefits and risks of AI tools. current federal laws addressing AI, perspectives on regulating AI, and other considerations for the 118th Congress.
Date: August 4, 2023
Creator: Harris, Laurie A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Artificial Intelligence and National Security (open access)

Artificial Intelligence and National Security

This report discuses research and development of artificial intelligence (AI) applications for the military, their potential uses, and the programs of competing nations such as China and Russia.
Date: April 26, 2018
Creator: Hoadley, Daniel S. & Lucas, Nathan J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Privacy and Ethics Recommendations for Computing Applications Developed to Mitigate COVID-19 (open access)

Privacy and Ethics Recommendations for Computing Applications Developed to Mitigate COVID-19

The first of three white papers authored by members of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) on harnessing data and computing technologies to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic. The report analyzes how computing applications can supplement the United States' manual contract tracing efforts and recommends privacy and ethics considerations in developing and fielding these applications.
Date: May 6, 2020
Creator: Horvitz, Eric J. (Eric Joel); Clyburn, Mignon Leticia, 1962-; Griffiths, José-Marie & Matheny, Jason
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Education (open access)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Education

This report discusses artificial intelligence in education, including current applications, benefits and drawbacks, and policy considerations.
Date: August 1, 2018
Creator: Joyce, J. Lu. & Harris, Laurie A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strengthening and Democratizing the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Innovation Ecosystem: An Implementation Plan for a National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (open access)

Strengthening and Democratizing the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Innovation Ecosystem: An Implementation Plan for a National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource

This is the final report of the National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) task force, where they present a roadmap and implementation plan for a national cyberinfrastructure aimed at overcoming the access divide, reaping the benefits of greater brain power and more diverse perspectives and experiences applied to developing the future of AI technology and its role in society. The NAIRR also took the opportunity during their research to set the standards for responsible AI research practices and governance processes that uphold their priority to develop and harness their researched technologies in a manner that reinforces national democratic values and Americans' personal freedoms.
Date: January 2023
Creator: Knowles, Tess Deblanc; Parashar, Manish; Parker, Lynne; Gianchandani, Erwin; Braga, Daniela; Dean, Mark E. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Acquisition and Use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Technologies by DHS Components (open access)

Acquisition and Use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Technologies by DHS Components

This report is a policy statement that guides Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Operational and Support Components and directs actions that should be taken to establish policy and practices governing the acquisition and use of artificial intelligence and machine learning technology within the department.
Date: August 8, 2023
Creator: Mayorkas, Alejandro N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Findings: The Potential Future Risks of AI (open access)

Findings: The Potential Future Risks of AI

Report explaining some of the potential risks associated with the future of artificial intelligence (AI) advancements to advise the U.S. President and the White House National AI Initiative Office (NAIIO).
Date: October 2023
Creator: National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recommendations: Generative AI Away from the Frontier (open access)

Recommendations: Generative AI Away from the Frontier

This report discusses recommendations to the presidential administration about generative artificial intelligence. The report further discusses the importance of acknowledging "off-frontier" generative AI systems in order to have a clear understanding of the potential risks posed by these more widely available generative AI systems.
Date: October 2023
Creator: National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0) (open access)

Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0)

This report outlines a framework for risk management in the context of artifiical intelligence including people, processes, infrastructure, and data.
Date: January 2023
Creator: National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan 2023 Update (open access)

National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan 2023 Update

"This document includes relevant text from the 2016 and 2019 national AI R&D strategic plans, along with updates prepared in 2023 based on Administration and interagency evaluation of the National AI R&D Strategic Plan: 2019 Update as well as community responses to a Request for Information on updating the Plan. The 2019 strategies were broadly determined to be valid going forward. The 2023 update adds a new Strategy 9, which establishes a principled and coordinated approach to international collaboration in AI research" (p. ii).
Date: May 2023
Creator: National Science and Technology Council (U.S.). Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report: National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (open access)

Final Report: National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence

Final report presenting the National Security Commission for Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI)'s recommendations for winning the AI era. It includes a 16 chapter Main Report and "Blueprints for Action that outline the concrete steps departments and agencies can take to implement NSCAI's recommendations." - Introduction.
Date: March 1, 2021
Creator: National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
First Quarter Recommendations, March 2020 (open access)

First Quarter Recommendations, March 2020

A quarterly report detailing recommendations for areas identified in most need of attention, ripe for action, or foundational to AI and national security. They are grouped into seven tabs: increasing AI R&D investments, accelerating AI application in Department of Defense, strengthening AI workforce, promoting US leadership in AI hardware & 5G, improving cooperation among key allies and partners, advancing ethical and responsible AI, and threat analysis and recommended actions. The recommendation under each tab are presented in discrete memos for AI-national security dimensions.
Date: March 2020
Creator: National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interim Report and Third Quarter Recommendations, October 2020 (open access)

Interim Report and Third Quarter Recommendations, October 2020

A report containing the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI)'s third quarterly memo and second interim report with 66 recommendations in key areas. They are organized under five tabs: strengthening the triangular alliance for AI research, applying AI for national security missions, training and recruiting AI talent, protecting and building upon U.S. technology advances, and marshaling global AI cooperation & ethics.
Date: October 2020
Creator: National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence: Initial Report (open access)

National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence: Initial Report

A brief report summarizing the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence's activities, meetings, relationships with the U.S. Government, industry, and academia, early substantive assessments, commission staff, and next steps.
Date: July 31, 2019
Creator: National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence: Interim Report, November 2019 (open access)

National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence: Interim Report, November 2019

Report presenting the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence's initial (NSCAI)'s preliminary assessment of artificial intelligence (AI). It discusses NSCAI's definition of AI, the challenges and context around it, where the U.S. Government can apply it, considerations on ethical and trustworhy AI, and associated technologies.
Date: November 2019
Creator: National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Artificial Intelligence: A Roadmap for California (open access)

Artificial Intelligence: A Roadmap for California

This report provides the new Governor and Legislature with an AI policymaking agenda that revolves around public engagement, building a human infrastructure, attacking pressing social needs, and protecting core values including autonomy, responsibility, privacy, transparency, and accountability.
Date: November 2018
Creator: Nava, Pedro; Varner, Sean; Beier, David; Brigis, Iveta; Buiza, Cynthia; Cannella, Anthony et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Artificial Intelligence: Emerging Opportunities, Challenges, and Implications for Policy and Research (open access)

Artificial Intelligence: Emerging Opportunities, Challenges, and Implications for Policy and Research

Statement discussing the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) over time, the potential future opportunities and risks of AI, and the future implications of AI on policies and research priorities.
Date: June 26, 2018
Creator: Persons, Timothy M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library