Notice2022-01721
CPSC Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Test and Evaluation Forum
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Published
January 28, 2022
Issuing agencies
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Abstract
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) staff is hosting a test and evaluation (TE) forum on consumer products employing artificial intelligence-related (AI) technologies, such as Machine Learning (ML). This forum will identify current TE of AI and ML capabilities. CPSC staff invites interested parties to attend or participate in this forum via webinar.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4571-4572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01721]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
CPSC Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Test and
Evaluation Forum
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Announcement of forum.
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SUMMARY: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) staff is hosting a
test and evaluation (TE) forum on consumer products employing
artificial intelligence-related (AI) technologies, such as Machine
Learning (ML). This forum will identify current TE of AI and ML
capabilities. CPSC staff invites interested parties to attend or
participate in this forum via webinar.
DATES: The forum will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Eastern
Standard Time (EST) on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Individuals interested
in serving on panels or presenting information at the forum should
register by February 25, 2022, submit abstracts for consideration by
February 28, 2022, and if selected, provide final presentation slides
by March 14, 2022. All other individuals who wish to attend the forum
should register by March 21, 2022.
ADDRESSES: The forum will be held via webinar. Attendance is free of
charge. Persons interested in attending the forum should register
online at: <a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1626522265242906123">https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1626522265242906123</a>. After registering, you will receive a confirmation
email containing information about joining the webinar.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nevin Taylor, Chief Technologist, 4330
East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: 301-509-0264; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a5cbd1c4dcc9cad7e5c6d5d6c68bc2cad3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5f312b3e2633302d1f3c2f2c3c71383029">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CPSC is hosting a technical forum to collect
information on the TE, certification, and product specification efforts
associated with products employing AI/ML-related technologies.\1\ The
information collected from the forum will assist staff in making
recommendations for improving TE capabilities associated with the
safety of consumer products.
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\1\ The Commission voted 4-0 to approve this notice.
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I. Background
With the growing use of AI/ML-related technologies to increase
capabilities and mitigate potential harms, assessing the functionality
and reliability of these technologies is important to ensure they do
not present unreasonable risks of injury associated with consumer
products. Methods for testing and evaluating AI/ML-related technologies
are important in determining whether these capabilities contribute to
creating an unreasonable risk of injury to consumers.
As AI/ML-related technologies dramatically change the nature of
consumer products, their abilities to act and react automatically, and,
in some cases, to learn and evolve, have brought to the forefront
significant concerns for potential impacts to product safety. The
inherent learning abilities of some ML presents unique product testing
challenges. CPSC seeks to understand existing and future testing
capabilities for evaluating AI/ML-related components, such as sensors,
data, software, networks, and related hardware, as well as their
integration for AI/ML-enabled products. CPSC seeks information on
foreseeable interactions between these components and features with
users and the environment in addition to information on testing how
these features and components contribute to machine learning-based
evolution of products.
II. Forum Topics
Manufacturers and test laboratories may already employ in-product
development testing and evaluation capabilities to ensure safety is
built into products with AI/ML-related technologies. There may also be
test capabilities used to evaluate changes to products after purchase,
to monitor and measure the potential impact on consumers, given the
evolution of AI/ML-related technologies within products. These
evaluations may or may not use existing standards, which are evolving,
but they are needed to determine whether AI/ML-related technologies are
to contribute to consumer product hazards throughout their lifecycle
and to inform standard development. This forum will focus on existing
testing and evaluation capabilities and the need to establish an
adequate methodology to determine if AI/ML-related technologies
contribute to an unreasonable risk that could injure consumers. It will
explore existing and future testing and evaluation capabilities related
to the following four topics:
<bullet> Components: Identify and test components of AI in
isolation, including sensors/data, algorithms, connectivity (including
communications and actuation), and computational capabilities.
<bullet> Products: Evaluate AI-enabled consumer products as a
system, by monitoring, measuring, and modeling their characteristics.
<bullet> Assessment: Leverage current risk-assessment methodologies
to identify the potential for AI and ML to contribute to an
unreasonable risk of harm in consumer products.
<bullet> SYNOPSIS and Q&A: Round-table discussion with subject
matter experts interacting with the participants regarding the
previously presented panels.
III. Forum Details
A. Forum Time and Place
CPSC staff will hold the forum via webinar from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
EST on Thursday, March 31, 2022.
B. Forum Registration
If you would like to attend the forum, but you do not wish to make
a presentation or participate on a panel, please register online by
March 21, 2022. (See the ADDRESSES portion of this document for the
website link and instructions to register.)
If you would like to present at the TE Forum, or you wish to be
considered as a panel member for a specific topic or topics, please
register by February 25, 2022, and email an electronic version of your
abstract to Nevin Taylor, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#452b31243c292a3705263536266b222a33"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="93fde7f2eafffce1d3f0e3e0f0bdf4fce5">[email protected]</span></a>, by February 28, 2022. (See
the ADDRESSES portion of this document for the website link and
instructions to register.) Abstracts should be relevant to the forum
topic and no longer than two pages. Staff will select panelists and
individuals to make presentations at the forum, based on considerations
such as:
<bullet> Submitted abstract information
<bullet> Individual's demonstrated familiarity or expertise with the
topic to be discussed
<bullet> Practical application of the information to be presented
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<bullet> Individual's viewpoint or ability to represent certain
interests (such as large manufacturers, small manufacturers, consumer
advocates, and consumers)
Staff would like the presentations to represent and address a wide
variety of stakeholders and interests. Staff will notify those who are
selected to make a presentation or participate in a panel by March 2,
2022, so that you can prepare and provide your final presentation by
March 14, 2022.
Although staff will try to accommodate all persons who wish to make
a presentation, the time allotted for presentations will depend on the
agenda and the number of persons who wish to speak on a given topic.
Staff recommends that individuals and organizations with common
interests consolidate or coordinate their presentations, and request
time for a joint presentation. If you have any questions regarding
participating in the forum, please contact Nevin Taylor, by email at:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fc92889d8590938ebc9f8c8f9fd29b938a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="59372d382035362b193a292a3a773e362f">[email protected]</span></a>, or telephone at: 301-509-0264.
Detailed instructions for the webinar participants and other
interested parties will be made available on the CPSC's Public
Calendar: <a href="https://cpsc.gov/newsroom/public-calendar">https://cpsc.gov/newsroom/public-calendar</a>.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2022-01721 Filed 1-27-22; 8:45 am]
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