NTIA chief highlights need for private-sector AI auditing ecosystem, model transparency

Alan Davidson, leader of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, foresees accountability for artificial intelligence relying on a community of auditors in the private sector, along with transparency.

“To promote an ecosystem around accountability, it starts with more transparency for models so people can really understand what they’re doing,” the Commerce assistant secretary for communications and information said Feb. 12 when asked about the agency’s efforts to establish accountability for artificial intelligence systems.

Speaking at the annual State of the...