Standards for artificial intelligence

The Institute shall— The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology may— support measurement research and development of best practices and voluntary standards for trustworthy artificial intelligence systems, which may include— Not later than 2 years after January 1, 2021, the Director shall work to develop, and periodically update, in collaboration with other public and private sector organizations, including the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy, a voluntary risk management framework for trustworthy artificial intelligence systems. The framework shall— identify and provide standards, guidelines, best practices, methodologies, procedures and processes for— The Institute shall participate in the development of standards and specifications for artificial intelligence. The purpose of this participation shall be to ensure— Not later than 1 year after January 1, 2021, the Director shall, in collaboration with other public and private sector organizations, develop guidance to facilitate the creation of voluntary data sharing arrangements between industry, federally funded research centers, and Federal agencies for the purpose of advancing artificial intelligence research and technologies, including options for partnership models between government entities, industry, universities, and nonprofits that incentivize each party to share the data they collected. Not later than 1 year after January 1, 2021, the Director shall, in collaboration with other public and private sector organizations, develop best practices for datasets used to train artificial intelligence systems, including— standards for metadata that describe the properties of datasets, including— In coordination with other Federal agencies as appropriate, the private sector, and institutions of higher education (as such term is defined in section 1001 of title 20), the Director may establish testbeds, including in virtual environments, to support the development of robust and trustworthy artificial intelligence and machine learning systems, including testbeds that examine the vulnerabilities and conditions that may lead to failure in, malfunction of, or attacks on such systems. There are authorized to be appropriated to the National Institute of Standards and Technology to carry out this section—