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“Transparency is one of the core values animating White House efforts to create rules and guidelines for the federal government’s use of AI, but exemptions for national security threaten to obscure some of the most high-risk uses of AI,” Patrick Toomey, deputy director of the ACLU’s National Security Project who is representing the civil rights organization, told FedScoop.
Toomey said the NSA has described itself as a leader among the intelligence agencies in the development and deployment of AI, and officials have noted that it’s using the technology to gather information on foreign governments, assist with language processing, and monitor networks for cybersecurity threats.
“But unfortunately, that’s about all we know,” Toomey said. “And as the NSA integrates AI into some of its most profound decisions, it’s left the public in the dark about how it uses AI and what safeguards, if any, are in place to protect everyday Americans and others around the world whose privacy hangs in the balance.”
The specific documents being requested include an October 2022 report from DOD and NSA titled “Joint Evaluation of the National Security Agency’s Integration of Artificial Intelligence,” several roadmap documents created by NSA starting in January 2023, and documents related to the agency’s proposed uses of AI and machine learning created on or after January 2022.
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