The Biden administration today unveiled a task force to develop plans on sharing government data with artificial intelligence researchers.

The National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Task Force, made up of 12 members from academia, government, and industry, was mandated under the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020, and will draft a strategy on the sharing of government data and providing available computing power for analyzing such data, according to a release from the National Science Foundation.

The task force will develop plans on sharing data related to health, driving habits and demographics, among other categories.

“The National AI Research Resource will expand access to the resources and tools that fuel AI research and development, opening opportunities for bright minds from across America to pursue the next breakthroughs in science and technology,” Eric Lander, science advisor to the president, said in the statement.

Financial regulators have also expressed curiosity about how U.S. financial institutions are implementing artificial intelligence and machine learning. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), in conjunction with four other federal regulators, issued a request for information on the matter in May.

Census data and medical records could also be made available to researchers, according to a report today from the Wall Street Journal. “In order to investigate a lot of their really great ideas in AI, they [researchers] need access to powerful computing infrastructure and they need access to data,” Lynne Parker, assistant director of AI at the White House, told the newspaper.

The task force will provide recommendations for establishing “technical capabilities, governance, administration, assessment and requirements for security, privacy, civil rights and civil liberties,” in relation to AI systems, according to the National Science Foundation.

Members of the task force include Julia Lane, an economist at New York University, Andrew Moore, head of Google Cloud’s AI division, and Mark Dean, former vice president at IBM, among others. The group will evaluate how to make data available while protecting the privacy of American citizens and addressing other ethical concerns, the Wall Street Journal said, citing officials.

The task force is due to issue reports to Congress in May and November of 2022.

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