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Appendix: The situation of G7, European Union and major governments

At the moment, all governments are only beginning to address the issues related to AI through national
strategies, laws and regulations. This part summarizes the key policies and goals of strategies, as well as
related policies and initiatives that have been announced of G7 (The United States, France, The United
Kingdom, Canada, Italy, Germany, Japan), European Union, and major governments in the field of AI
(Russia, China, India).

1. The United States

Becoming a leader in the field of AI is one of top priorities of United States. The country also shows
determination to pursue this goal through many specific actions and declarations.
On September 7, 2018, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that it will invest up to $2 billion over the
next five years for the advancement of AI. This will be in addition to existing government spending on AI
R&D, which totaled more than $2 billion in 2017.
To promote these activities, many bills have been introduced in Congress that mention or focus on AI. There
are at least nine bills that relate to autonomous driving, including The SELF DRIVE Act introduced in the
House on July 25, 2017. This bill establishes the federal role in ensuring the safety of highly automated
vehicles by encouraging the testing and deployment of such vehicles. The Department of Transportation must
require safety assessment certifications for the development of a highly automated vehicle or an automated
driving system.

Some bills relate to the economic impacts of AI. The Innovation Corps Act of 2017, introduced in the House
on March 16, 2017, requires the Department of Commerce to establish a competitive program to make grants
to institutions of higher education to establish or enhance education programs that retrain workers displaced
from their jobs by automation to provide such workers with skills needed for jobs in STEM fields. The AI
JOBS Act, introduced in the House on January 18, 2018, requires the Department of Labor to prepare and
submit to Congress a report on AI and its impact on the workforce.

Other bills address the technology and implications of AI itself, including The FUTURE of AI Act 2017
(introduced in both the House and Senate on December 12, 2017) which requires the Secretary of Commerce
to establish a Federal Advisory Committee on the Development and Implementation of AI, The National
Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence Act (introduced in the House on March 20, 2018) which
considers the creation of an independent panel to explore advances in AI and assess their economic and
national security impacts, etc.
At the state and local levels, many AI-related bills have been introduced. On August 30, 2018, the State of
California unanimously adopted legislation in support of the Future of Life Institute’s Asilomar AI Principles
– a set of 23 principles intended to promote the safe and beneficial development of AI. Enacted on January 11,
2018, The New York Algorithm Monitoring Task Force of The New York City Council requires the creation
of a task force that studies how city agencies use algorithms to make decisions that affect New Yorkers’ lives.

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