Excerpted from: https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/05/03/preparing-future-artificial-intelligence?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1629 

The "White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is excited to announce that we will be co-hosting four public workshops over the coming months on topics in AI to spur public dialogue on artificial intelligence and machine learning and identify challenges and opportunities related to this emerging technology. ..development of a public report later this year...You can learn more about these events via the links to the event websites below, and each workshop will be livestreamed:

• May 24, 2016: Legal and Governance Implications of Artificial Intelligence in Seattle, WA
• June 7, 2016: Artificial Intelligence for Social Good in Washington, DC
• June 28, 2016: Safety and Control for Artificial Intelligence in Pittsburgh, PA
• July 7: The Social and Economic Implications of Artificial Intelligence Technologies in the Near-Term in New York City

The Federal Government also is working to leverage AI for public good and toward a more effective government. A new National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Subcommittee on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence will meet for the first time next week. This group will monitor state-of-the-art advances and technology milestones in artificial intelligence and machine learning within the Federal Government, in the private sector, and internationally; and help coordinate Federal activity in this space...'