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The US Government has issued a memorandum to a variety of internal agencies that provides further direction on appropriately harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) models and AI-enabled technologies especially in the context of national security systems (NSS), while protecting human rights, civil rights, civil liberties, privacy, and safety in AI-enabled national security activities.
AI has emerged as an era-defining technology and has demonstrated significant and growing relevance to national security. The memorandum asserts that the US must lead the world in the responsible application of AI to appropriate national security functions, contending that, if used appropriately and for its intended purpose, it can offer great benefits, but if misused, could threaten US national security, bolster authoritarianism worldwide, undermine democratic institutions and processes, facilitate human rights abuses, and weaken the rules-based international order. The memorandum further asserts that harmful outcomes could occur even without malicious intent if AI systems and processes lack sufficient protection.
This memorandum aims to catalyze needed change in how the US Government approaches AI national security policy. It directs actions to strengthen and protect US AI ecosystem, improve the safety, security, and trustworthiness of AI systems developed and used in the US, enhance the Government’s appropriate, responsible, and effective adoption of AI in service of the national security mission, and minimize the misuse of AI worldwide.
The following three objectives will guide the US Government activities with respect to AI and national security:
The US must lead the world’s development of safe, secure, and trustworthy AI. To that end, the US Government must—in partnership with industry, civil society, and academia—promote and secure the foundational capabilities across the US that power AI development. It must proactively strengthen it, ensuring that the US remains the most attractive destination for global talent and home to the world’s most sophisticated computational facilities. The US Government must also provide appropriate safety and security guidance to AI developers and users, and rigorously assess and help mitigate the risks that AI systems could pose.
The US Government must harness powerful AI, with appropriate safeguards, to achieve national security objectives. Emerging AI capabilities, including increasingly general-purpose models, offer profound opportunities for enhancing national security, but employing these systems effectively will require significant technical, organizational, and policy changes. The US must understand AI’s limitations as it harnesses the technology’s benefits, and any use of AI must respect democratic values with regard to transparency, human rights, civil rights, civil liberties, privacy, and safety.
The US Government must continue cultivating a stable and responsible framework to advance international AI governance that fosters safe, secure, and trustworthy AI development and use; manages AI risks; realizes democratic values; respects human rights, civil rights, civil liberties, and privacy; and promotes worldwide benefits from AI. It must do so in collaboration with a wide range of allies and partners. Success for the US in the age of AI will be measured not only by the preeminence of US technology and innovation, but also by the leadership in developing effective global norms and engaging in institutions rooted in international law, human rights, civil rights, and democratic values.
The complete memorandum with timelines and directives by the government agency is available here.
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