Governance and control

US government issues binding safeguards for federal AI use

The White House Office of Management and Budget directed federal agencies to appoint chief AI officers, publish use-case inventories and apply minimum safeguards to rights- and safety-impacting AI or stop using it.

CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
AWAY FROM DOOM61confidence 99/100

Why it moved the index

Government-wide mandatory controls created accountable officials, public inventories and a stop-use rule when minimum risk mitigations cannot be met.

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Assessment history

  1. R1
    Away 61 · confidence 99

    New March 2024 binding federal AI governance policy.

    12 Aug 2026