White House Voluntary AI Commitments is a Voluntary code from US, adopted on 2023-07-21 and effective 2023-07-21. Current status: In force. First broad-spectrum US industry commitments; precursor to EO 14110 §4.2(a) reporting + the Seoul Frontier AI Safety Commitments. 15 signatories across two tranches (Jul + Sep 2023): Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Microsoft, Meta, Inflection, Amazon (Jul); Adobe, Cohere, IBM, Nvidia, Palantir, Salesforce, Scale AI, Stability AI (Sep). Eight commitment areas: internal + external security testing, info sharing, cybersecurity investment, third-party vuln disclosure, watermarking, public reporting, prioritising research on societal risks, deploying AI to address societal challenges.
Scope and obligations
First broad-spectrum US industry commitments; precursor to EO 14110 §4.2(a) reporting + the Seoul Frontier AI Safety Commitments. 15 signatories across two tranches (Jul + Sep 2023): Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Microsoft, Meta, Inflection, Amazon (Jul); Adobe, Cohere, IBM, Nvidia, Palantir, Salesforce, Scale AI, Stability AI (Sep). Eight commitment areas: internal + external security testing, info sharing, cybersecurity investment, third-party vuln disclosure, watermarking, public reporting, prioritising research on societal risks, deploying AI to address societal challenges.
White House Voluntary AI Commitments addresses 3 contested AI-governance topics explicitly, 3 via general principles,.
Topics governed
- governsFoundation Models / GPAI— Commitments §1-2 — internal + external security testing of frontier models
- governsDeepfakes / Synthetic Content— Commitments §5 (watermarking + content provenance for AI-generated content)
- implicitCompute-Threshold Reporting— Self-reporting through commitments framework; binding compute thresholds came via EO 14110 §4.2(a)
- governsTransparency Obligations— Commitments §6 (public reporting on capabilities, limitations, appropriate use)
- implicitCatastrophic & Existential Risk— Commitments §1 references CBRN + bio risks via 'most significant societal risks'; not threshold-explicit
- implicitInternational Coordination— Precursor to Seoul Frontier AI Safety Commitments; same signatory base largely overlaps
Cross-jurisdiction comparison
How peer instruments treat the topics White House Voluntary AI Commitments governs.
| Topic | EU-AIA-2024 | US-EO-14110 | US-EO-14179 | UK-WHITEPAPER-2023 | CN-GENAI-2023 | G7-HIROSHIMA | OECD-AI-PRIN | COE-AI-CONV | UN-RES-2024 | NIST-AI-RMF | BLETCHLEY-2023 | SEOUL-2024 | NIST-AI-RMF-GENAI | CA-SB-1047 | IN-DPDP-2023 | BR-AIBILL-2024 | ASEAN-AI-GUIDE-2024 | AU-AI-STRATEGY-2024 | ANTHROPIC-RSP-2024 | OPENAI-PREPAREDNESS-2023 | DEEPMIND-FSF-2024 | META-FRONTIER-2024 | UK-US-AISI-MOU-2024 | SG-MODEL-AI-2024 | JP-METI-AI-2024 |
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| Foundation Models / GPAI | governs | governs | silent | implicit | governs | governs | implicit | implicit | silent | governs | governs | governs | governs | governs | implicit | governs | implicit | silent | governs | governs | governs | governs | governs | governs | governs |
| Deepfakes / Synthetic Content | governs | governs | silent | silent | governs | governs | silent | silent | implicit | implicit | silent | silent | governs | silent | governs | silent | silent | silent | silent | silent | silent | silent | silent | governs | silent |
| Transparency Obligations | governs | implicit | silent | implicit | conflicts | governs | governs | governs | implicit | governs | implicit | governs | governs | implicit | implicit | governs | governs | silent | governs | implicit | implicit | governs | implicit | governs | governs |
How to cite this article
APA 7
Policy Window. (2023). White House Voluntary AI Commitments [Wiki article]. https://policywindow.org/wiki/wh-voluntary-2023
Chicago 17
Policy Window. 2023. "White House Voluntary AI Commitments." Wiki article. https://policywindow.org/wiki/wh-voluntary-2023.
BibTeX
@misc{policywindow-wh-voluntary-2023,
title = {White House Voluntary AI Commitments},
author = {Policy Window},
year = {2023},
howpublished = {White House Voluntary AI Commitments (Jul 2023; second tranche Sep 2023)},
url = {https://policywindow.org/wiki/wh-voluntary-2023},
note = {Primary source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/07/21/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-secures-voluntary-commitments-from-leading-artificial-intelligence-companies-to-manage-the-risks-posed-by-ai/}
}Related instruments
- EU AI Act · EU
- Executive Order 14110 on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI · US
- Interim Measures for Generative AI Service Management · CN
- G7 Hiroshima AI Process Code of Conduct · G7
- NIST AI Risk Management Framework · US
- Seoul Declaration on Safe, Innovative and Inclusive AI · global
- NIST AI RMF Generative AI Profile · US
- Brazil AI Bill (PL 2338/2023) · BR
- Anthropic Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP) v2 · US
- Meta Frontier AI Framework · US
- Singapore Model AI Governance Framework for Generative AI · SG
- Japan METI AI Guidelines for Business · JP
References
- White House Voluntary AI Commitments (Jul 2023; second tranche Sep 2023)
- Commitments §1-2 — internal + external security testing of frontier models
- Commitments §5 (watermarking + content provenance for AI-generated content)
- Self-reporting through commitments framework; binding compute thresholds came via EO 14110 §4.2(a)
- Commitments §6 (public reporting on capabilities, limitations, appropriate use)
- Commitments §1 references CBRN + bio risks via 'most significant societal risks'; not threshold-explicit
- Precursor to Seoul Frontier AI Safety Commitments; same signatory base largely overlaps
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