Compliance Briefing — October 30, 2023

Executive briefing: On October 30, 2023, President Joe Biden signed the Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence. The order mandates AI safety test reporting to the Department of Commerce, expands federal guidance on critical infrastructure, and introduces new standards for data privacy, labor impact, and national security reviews.

Immediate compliance priorities

Model inventory. Identify AI models and compute clusters subject to forthcoming Commerce Department reporting thresholds and safety testing requirements.
Risk assessments. Launch NIST AI Risk Management Framework evaluations covering model misuse, bias, and cybersecurity risks aligned to the Executive Order.
Vendor diligence. Update procurement questionnaires and contracts for AI vendors to capture model provenance, safety attestations, and data protection commitments.

Control alignment

Governance. Establish cross-functional AI oversight committees to coordinate compliance with Commerce, DHS, and sectoral regulator directives.
Security. Enhance model access controls, red-team testing, and logging to meet forthcoming safety test certification expectations.
Privacy. Integrate AI use cases into privacy impact assessments and data minimisation procedures in anticipation of new federal guidance.

Enablement moves

Monitor NIST, DHS, and sector regulators for binding guidance and mandatory reporting forms stemming from the order.
Develop AI incident response playbooks covering model failures, misuse, and reporting obligations to federal agencies.
Engage workforce and ethics teams to document human oversight, labor impact mitigations, and transparency practices.

Sources

Zeph Tech partners with U.S. compliance leaders to operationalise AI safety governance, model inventories, and regulatory reporting readiness under the Executive Order.