From Route Fifty
Capturing AI’s potential needs a ‘two-way street’ between the feds and states, cities
By Chris Teale
Figuring out how to regulate and best use AI will be a “two-way street,” a senior White House official said this week. The federal government can learn from states and localities—and vice versa—on deploying the new technology responsibly and equitably.
The comments were made by Deirdre Mulligan, principal deputy U.S. chief technology officer in the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy.
“We are all in this together,” she said at the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ winter meeting in Washington, D.C., adding that what is required is “coordination across all levels of government...”
Deirdre Mulligan is a professor at the I School focusing on legal and technical means of protecting values such as privacy, freedom of expression, and fairness in emerging technical systems. She joined the White House as deputy United States chief technology officer for policy in early 2023 and is now principal deputy U.S. CTO.
