Tracking AI Threats Via Federal Database Gains Support

Adam Thierer, a senior fellow at the R Street Institute’s Technology and Innovation Team, said if the requirements for a database are too sweeping, they would be cumbersome for developers and deployers and lead to unnecessary information collection. “It’s always with the best of intentions that these sorts of transparency or disclosure mandates are implemented, but sometimes they can backfire, just ultimately not produce information that’s all that useful,” he said.

“What’s probably needed to get it right, to strike the right balance, is a more focused approach on critical incidents involving very specific capabilities produced through algorithmic systems,” Thierer said.

He said such reporting could open up the possibility of litigation. If so, such a proposed policy would face stiff odds of being implemented, he said.