To help shape a landscape of artificial intelligence policy that promotes safe advancement of systems and technology, M3AAWG was invited to provide comments to the United States Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) under its recent Request for Information (RFI) regarding regulatory reform.

M3AAWG’s input was sought to ensure that U.S. regulations are aligned with current technological realities. Within our official response to this RFI, M3AAWG addressed several questions regarding current policies, and many shortcomings were highlighted, including: 

• Policy frameworks regarding AI that hinder the detection of criminal behavior.
• The current patchwork of state-level AI privacy regulations creates significant challenges for handling sensitive data.  
• While criminals (both domestically and abroad) wage attacks using advanced AI tools, the U.S. remains hamstrung in its ability to respond due to:
  • Confusion around acceptable AI use
  •  Lack of a national data privacy framework
  • No clear safe harbor for information sharing

“In the U.S., fragmented mandates, unclear guardrails, and inconsistencies are creating uncertainty and duplicative compliance efforts for our industry. This stifles innovation and hampers those on the frontlines in the fight against online abuse,” said Dennis Dayman, Chair of M3AAWG’s Public Policy Committee.

Within our comments, M3AAWG also calls for OSTP to:

• Coordinate cross-agency pilot programs that allow providers to evaluate AI-assisted abuse defenses under predefined safeguards.
• Work with relevant federal government agencies to publish template conditions for privacy-preserving, pro-competitive sharing of abuse indicators.
• Publish “no-action” criteria that agencies can adopt for limited, time-boxed trials of automated triage and takedown, paired with post-hoc sampling and drift monitoring.

Additionally, M3AAWG is calling for AI regulators to consider grounding any reforms in currently recognized frameworks such as the NIST AI RMF, OECD AI Principles, and the M3AAWG AI Model Lifecycle Security Best Common Practices.

An Important Note on International Interoperability

M3AAWG is a technology-neutral, global industry association. While the RFI in question focuses on regulatory frameworks within the U.S., as a worldwide membership organization, we are calling for international interoperability and harmonization of data protection and AI governance approaches as a priority of paramount importance in the broader AI policy conversation.

“As a global organization, M3AAWG members operate in complex regulatory environments spanning the U.S., Europe, and beyond, and see firsthand how fragmented AI policies across jurisdictions create challenges for responsible innovation. That is why integrating a global perspective must be a cornerstone for AI policy decisions,” said Priya Shrinivasan, Vice Chair of M3AAWG’s Public Policy Committee.

In alignment with our mission, M3AAWG brings together its members to submit public policy comments that protect end users without sacrificing innovation, as agencies worldwide develop new policies, regulations, and legislation.

You can read the full set of comments here. You can review and share all M3AAWG’s recent public policy commentary here: https://www.m3aawg.org/for-the-industry/published-comment