Why Biden's AI Executive Order Only Goes So Far

President Biden this week signed a sweeping Executive Order on artificial intelligence that seeks to tackle threats posed by the technology, but some experts say the regulation has left questions unanswered about how it could work in practice. The order tasks agencies with rethinking their approach to AI and aims to address threats relating to national security, competition and consumer privacy, while promoting innovation, competition, and the use of AI for public services. One of the most significant elements of the order is the requirement for companies developing the most powerful AI models to disclose the results of safety tests. On Tuesday, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo told CNBC that under the Executive Order "the President directs the Commerce Department to require companies to tell us: what are the safety precautions they're putting in place and to allow us to judge whether that's enough. And we plan to hold these companies accountable."