EPIC, Coalition Call for Meaningful Guardrails for the use of AI in National Security Systems

EPIC joined several other organizations on a letter to urge the Biden Administration to establish meaningful standards for the use of AI in the national security context. National security systems are exempt from the guidance memo from the Office of Budget and Management (“OMB”) on the use of AI by the government. National security systems that use AI will be covered by a forthcoming National Security Memorandum. The coalition argued that “without proper guardrails on the use of AI in national security systems, the National Security Memorandum risks endangering U.S. national security, rather than protecting it.” The coalition advocated for the OMB guidance to be the baseline for the National Security Memorandum and include certain transparency, assessment, testing, oversight, and procurement requirements, among other requirements, for the use of AI in national security systems.