Government Blockchain Association (GBA) Announces New Ai Community for Blockchain
In response to the executive order titled Promoting the Use of Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in the Federal Government, the Government Blockchain Association (GBA) today announced the AI for Government Community, led by Oki Mek, the chief artificial intelligence officer for the US Health and Human Services (HHS).
Mr. Mek, along with Jose Arrieta, former CIO at HHS, developed Accelerate, the first blockchain-based program in the federal government to get an authority to operate. This program was purported to save HHS $30 million over five years, according to MeriTalk. Mr. Mek’s leadership will be instrumental in supporting government’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) for economic growth and improving the quality of life for their citizens.
Government Blockchain Association (GBA) Announces New Ai Community for Blockchain
Washington, D.C., Feb 08, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - In response to the Executive Order titled Promoting the Use of Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in the Federal Government, the Government Blockchain Association, GBA, is pleased to announce that we are launching the AI for Government Community, led by Mr. Oki Mek, the Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, (CAIO), for US Health and Human Services, (HHS).
Mr. Mek, along with Jose Arrieta, Former CIO at HHS, developed Accelerate, the first blockchain-based program in the Federal government to get an authority-to-operate. This program was purported to save HHS $30 million over five years, according to MeriTalk, 2/11/2020. Mr. Mek s leadership will be instrumental in supporting government s use of Artificial intelligence (AI) for economic growth and improving the quality of life for their citizens.
HHS publishes strategy to align AI efforts
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HHS has published an artificial-intelligence strategy outlining the department s approach to using and regulating AI, which includes setting up an HHS AI Council to spearhead its efforts.
The AI strategy, developed over the last year and designed to align AI priorities across the department, is the latest sign of HHS ramping up its AI focus.
The Food and Drug Administration recently released a five-pronged action plan to underpin its approach to regulating medical software with AI or machine learning components and HHS last month named Oki Mek, formerly a senior adviser to the HHS chief information officer, its first-ever chief artificial intelligence officer.