1.0UnidosUShttps://unidosus.orgJohn Vergarahttps://unidosus.org/blog/author/john-vergara/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="tHYUnPlbQQ"><a href="https://unidosus.org/press-releases/omb-memorandum-on-artificial-intelligence-takes-two-steps-forward-but-one-step-back/">OMB Memorandum on Artificial Intelligence Takes Two Steps Forward, but One Step Back</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://unidosus.org/press-releases/omb-memorandum-on-artificial-intelligence-takes-two-steps-forward-but-one-step-back/embed/#?secret=tHYUnPlbQQ" width="600" height="338" title="“OMB Memorandum on Artificial Intelligence Takes Two Steps Forward, but One Step Back” — UnidosUS" data-secret="tHYUnPlbQQ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://unidosus.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/856x520_unidosus.png856520Washington, DC – UnidosUS, the nation’s largest Latino civil rights organization, welcomes the finalized agency guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The memo sets out minimum practices for federal agencies to follow for uses of AI that impact safety or civil rights. Laura MacCleery, Senior Director of Policy for UnidosUS, issued the following statement: