The Global Race to Regulate Artificial Intelligence Is Heating Up

A.I. rules in governments’ sights

President Biden is set to issue an executive order on artificial intelligence on Monday, in his first effort to regulate how U.S. companies develop it and how regulators oversee the technology. The order will create standards for American companies and public agencies.

Its release is intended to establish the U.S. as the global leader in regulating the fast-growing tech, coming just days before the British government hosts an international summit meeting on A.I. safety.

Biden will invoke the Defense Production Act, which lets the president mobilize U.S. industry to support national defense. The order will require companies developing A.I. that “poses a serious risk to national security, national economic security, or national public health and safety” to notify the government when training their systems.

The most advanced A.I. products will have to be tested to ensure they can’t be used to make biological or nuclear weapons, and the findings must be shared with the government. The order will recommend that content created by A.I. systems will need to be labeled to minimize the spread of “deep fakes” or disinformation, a key concern in the lead-up to next year’s election.