Purposes

The purposes of this Act are— (1) to develop consensus-driven, evidence-based voluntary technical guidelines and specifications for internal and external assurances through the testing, evaluation, validation, and verification of artificial intelligence systems, as appropriate based on the intended application, use-case, and risk profile of the artificial intelligence system; (2) to use meaningful assurance to supplement methodologies used to build trust in artificial intelligence systems, increase adoption of artificial intelligence systems, and provide for accountability and governance of artificial intelligence systems; and (3) to further the goals of the Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework, including any successor framework, published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute pursuant to section 22A(c) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278h–1(c)).