Sec. 6504. ESTABLISHMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SECURITY CENTER

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## SEC. 6504 ESTABLISHMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SECURITY CENTER ###

(a)Definition of Counter-Artificial Intelligence In this section, the term “**counter-artificial intelligence**” means techniques or procedures to extract information about the behavior or characteristics of an artificial intelligence system, or to learn how to manipulate an artificial intelligence system, in order to subvert the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of an artificial intelligence system or adjacent system. ###

(b)Establishment Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Security Agency shall establish an Artificial Intelligence Security Center (referred to in this section as the “Center”) within the Cybersecurity Collaboration Center of the National Security Agency. ###

(c)Functions The functions of the Artificial Intelligence Security Center shall be as follows: ####

(1)Developing guidance to prevent or mitigate counter-artificial intelligence techniques. ####

(2)Promoting secure artificial intelligence adoption practices for managers of national security systems (as defined in section 3552 of title 44, United States Code) and elements of the defense industrial base. ####

(3)In accordance with subsection (d), developing security guidance to defend artificial intelligence technologies from technology theft by nation-state adversaries. ####

(4)Such other functions as the Director considers appropriate. ###

(d)Artificial Intelligence Security Guidance ####

(1)Elements In developing the guidance pursuant to subsection (c)(3), the Director of the National Security Agency shall— #####

(A)identify vulnerabilities in advanced artificial intelligence technologies, with a focus on cybersecurity risks and security challenges unique to protecting such technologies from theft or sabotage by nation-state adversaries; #####

(B)identify elements of the artificial intelligence supply chain or development or product lifecycle that, if accessed by nation-state adversaries, would contribute to progress made by nation-state adversaries on advanced artificial intelligence or would provide opportunities to adversaries to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of artificial intelligence systems or associated supply chains; and #####

(C)identify strategies for artificial intelligence technologies to identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover from nation-state adversary cyber threats. ####

(2)External collaboration In developing the guidance pursuant to subsection (c)(3), the Director of the National Security Agency may collaborate, on a voluntary basis, with other departments and agencies of the United States Government, research entities, and private sector entities, as determined appropriate by the Director, on artificial intelligence model safety and security, including through the provision of any computing resources the Director determines appropriate. ####

(3)Security guidance form The Director of the National Security Agency shall publish, and may update from time to time, the security guidance developed under subsection (c)(3) to share with departments and agencies of the United States Government, research entities, and private sector entities, as determined appropriate by the Director, at unclassified or classified levels. ###

(e)Disestablishment The Director of the National Security Agency may disestablish the Center established in subsection

(b)not earlier than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act provided that the Director of the National Security Agency submits to the congressional intelligence committees a report documenting the rationale for disestablishment of the Center, including resource trades, effectiveness, priority, and any other pertinent considerations not later than 6 months prior to the disestablishment.