{"id":7048,"date":"2023-11-02T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/us\/?post_type=resources&p=7048"},"modified":"2026-06-24T03:28:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T08:28:06","slug":"biden-executive-order-on-ai","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/us\/resources\/hr-strategy\/hr-technology\/biden-executive-order-on-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden executive order on AI calls for regulation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Emily Scace<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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President Biden recently issued an Executive Order<\/a> calling for a coordinated approach to regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI), including in employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI “holds extraordinary potential for both promise and peril,” the EO notes. While AI may “help solve urgent challenges,” the EO emphasizes that it also has the potential to exacerbate discrimination and bias and displace and disempower workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To guard against the risks<\/a>, the EO calls for a commitment to supporting workers as part of the responsible development and use of AI. “As AI creates new jobs and industries, all workers need a seat at the table, including through collective bargaining, to ensure that they benefit from these opportunities,” the EO states. “In the workplace itself, AI should not be deployed in ways that undermine rights, worsen job quality, encourage undue worker surveillance, lessen market competition, introduce new health and safety risks, or cause harmful labor-force disruptions.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The EO directs the Department of Labor (DOL), in coordination with other agencies and stakeholders, to develop and publish principles and best practices for employers regarding the use of AI. These principles must address, at a minimum:<\/p>\n\n\n\n