Biden Administration Issues First-Ever National Security Memorandum on Artificial Intelligence – Mayer Brown

‘On October 24, 2024, President Biden issued the first-ever National Security Memorandum (NSM) on artificial intelligence (AI), fulfilling another directive (subsection 4.8) set forth in the Administration’s Executive Order on AI and outlining how the federal government intends to approach AI national security policy. The NSM also includes a classified annex, which addresses sensitive national security issues. The release of the NSM follows the Biden Administration’s other recent national security-focused actions on AI, including the Department of Commerce’s proposed rule to institute mandatory reporting requirements for developers of powerful AI models (see our Legal Update on the proposal), and its interim final rule issuing new export controls on advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment, among other technologies (see our Legal Update on the final rule).’

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