Alabama Executive Order No. 738

• Authority: Alabama
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2024-02-08

Risk subdomain coverage

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the risk subdomain are described.

• Unfair discrimination and misrepresentation
• Unequal performance across groups
• Compromise of privacy
• AI system security vulnerabilities
• Loss of human agency and autonomy
• Governance failure
• Lack of capability or robustness
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of risk domains, with brief mentions of bias (1.1), privacy (2.1), and security vulnerabilities (2.2). The primary focus is on establishing governance structures rather than addressing specific AI risks. Coverage is limited to general references without detailed mitigation measures.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the sector are described.

• Information

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This executive order governs AI use across all Alabama state executive-branch agencies, which primarily operate in the Public Administration sector. The document does not regulate private sector activities or specific industries beyond state government operations.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding executive order issued by the Governor of Alabama with legal authority over state executive-branch agencies. It contains mandatory language requiring compliance from state agencies and establishes enforceable obligations.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Governor Kay Ivey; State of Alabama
• Summary: The executive order is issued by Governor Kay Ivey under constitutional and legal authority vested in the Governor of Alabama.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Deployer
• Entities: State executive-branch agencies; Alabama state government departments; Office of Information Technology
• Summary: The order explicitly applies to all state executive-branch agencies, defined as any agency, department, board, office, commission, or other entity within the executive branch of state government.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Governor's Task Force on Generative Artificial Intelligence; Governor of Alabama; Office of Information Technology
• Summary: The Task Force is established to oversee implementation and receive reports from agencies. The Governor retains ultimate authority through appointment powers and oversight.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Governor's Task Force on Generative Artificial Intelligence; Office of Information Technology; Secretary of Information Technology
• Summary: The Task Force is responsible for receiving inventory reports and pilot project results. OIT monitors sandbox usage and pilot projects.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

• Plan and Design
• Collect and Process Data
• Build and Use Model
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document covers multiple AI lifecycle stages with emphasis on planning/design (governance framework development), deployment (pilot projects and sandboxes), and operation/monitoring (model monitoring, performance tracking). It addresses the full lifecycle from initial planning through ongoing monitoring of GenAI systems.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

• AI Models
• AI Systems
• Generative AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly and repeatedly mentions Generative AI (GenAI) as its primary focus. It does not distinguish between AI models and AI systems, nor does it mention frontier AI, general purpose AI, task-specific AI, foundation models, predictive AI, open-weight models, or compute thresholds.