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The Biden-Harris Administration have moved with urgency to manage the risks of artificial intelligence (AI) and seize its opportunity. In 2023, President Biden issued a landmark executive order to advance American leadership in safe, secure, and trustworthy AI innovation. This 2020–2024 Progress Report underscores the remarkable growth in federal AI research and development (R&D) investment[1] since the 2016–2019 Progress Report: Advancing Artificial Intelligence R&D.[2] Federal agencies are directing substantial investments to tackle critical challenges such as climate change, health care advancement, cybersecurity enhancement, defense support, scientific discovery, and operational efficiency in key sectors like manufacturing and transportation.
Aligned with the National AI R&D Strategic Plan: 2023 Update,[3] referred to as “the 2023 Strategic Plan update,” this report demonstrates federal agencies’ commitment to supporting key national initiatives, including the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights[4] and the Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence 14110,[5] referred to as the AI EO 14110. This report systematically documents the significant progress made by agencies to advance the field of AI in a manner that is beneficial to the American people and in advancing the strategic priorities of the 2023 Strategic Plan update:
Strategy 1: Make long-term investments in fundamental and responsible AI research.
Strategy 2: Develop effective methods for human-AI collaboration.
Strategy 3: Understand and address the ethical, legal, and societal implications of AI.
Strategy 4: Ensure the safety and security of AI systems.
Strategy 5: Develop shared public datasets and environments for AI training and testing.
Strategy 6: Measure and evaluate AI technologies through standards and benchmarks.
Strategy 7: Better understand the national AI R&D workforce needs.
Strategy 8: Expand public-private partnerships to accelerate advances in AI.
Strategy 9: Establish a principled and coordinated approach to international collaboration in AI research (new).
This report highlights AI research first by strategy, then by describing agency contributions that provide a whole-of-government overview.
[1] https://www.nitrd.gov/apps/itdashboard/ai-rd-investments/
[2] https://www.nitrd.gov/pubs/AI-Research-and-Development-Progress-Report-2016-2019.pdf
[3] https://www.nitrd.gov/pubs/National-Artificial-Intelligence-Research-and-Development-Strategic-Plan-2023-Update.pdf
[4] https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/ai-bill-of-rights/
[5] Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence