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                    Issue Summary
    The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has created growing excitement and much debate about its potential to revolutionize entire industries.

For example, some key areas where AI can be used include:

Generative AI systems, which can create text, images, audio, video, and other content when prompted by a user
	Machine learning, which has applications from medical diagnosis to military intelligence
	Facial recognition, which can be used for law enforcementHowever, there are also significant concerns in areas that include education, intellectual property, and privacy.

As AI technologies continue to advance at an incredible speed, federal oversight needs to evolve alongside them. GAO’s AI accountability framework can help federal agencies and others use AI responsibly.

This framework is organized around four complementary principles:

Governance—promote accountability by establishing processes to manage, operate, and oversee implementation
	Data—ensure quality, reliability, and representativeness of data sources and processing
	Performance—produce results that are consistent with program objectives
	Monitoring—ensure reliability and relevance over time**AI Accountability Framework**

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          Artificial Intelligence: DOD Needs Department-Wide Guidance to Inform AcquisitionsGAO-23-105850
      
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                        Science & Tech Spotlight: Generative AIGAO-23-106782
      
	Published:  Jun 13, 2023


	Publicly Released: Jun 13, 2023
                        Artificial Intelligence: Key Practices to Help Ensure Accountability in Federal UseGAO-23-106811
      
	Published:  May 16, 2023


	Publicly Released: May 16, 2023
                        Science & Tech Spotlight: Digital Twins—Virtual Models of People and ObjectsGAO-23-106453
      
	Published:  Feb 14, 2023


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                        Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Benefits and Challenges of Machine Learning Technologies for Medical DiagnosticsGAO-22-104629
      
	Published:  Sep 29, 2022


	Publicly Released: Sep 29, 2022
                        Artificial Intelligence: An Accountability Framework for Federal Agencies and Other EntitiesGAO-21-519SP
      
	Published:  Jun 30, 2021


	Publicly Released: Jun 30, 2021
                        Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Benefits and Challenges of Technologies to Augment Patient CareGAO-21-7SP
      
	Published:  Nov 30, 2020


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                        Science & Tech Spotlight: DeepfakesGAO-20-379SP
      
	Published:  Feb 20, 2020


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                        Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Benefits and Challenges of Machine Learning in Drug Development [Reissued with revisions on Jan. 31, 2020.]GAO-20-215SP
      
	Published:  Dec 20, 2019


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                        Artificial Intelligence: Emerging Opportunities, Challenges, and Implications for Policy and ResearchGAO-18-644T
      
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                        Technology Assessment: Artificial Intelligence: Emerging Opportunities, Challenges, and ImplicationsGAO-18-142SP
      
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