US government agencies to use AI to cull and cut outdated regulations

WASHINGTON: The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said Friday that federal agencies will use artificial intelligence to eliminate outdated, obsolete, and inconsistent requirements across tens of pages of government regulations.
A 2019 pilot project used machine learning algorithms and natural language processing at the Department of Health and Human Services. The test run found hundreds of technical errors and outdated requirements in agency rulebooks, including requests to submit materials by fax.
OMB said all federal agencies are being encouraged to update regulations using AI and several agencies have already agreed to do so.
Over the last four years, the government has published annually about 185,000 pages in the Code of Federal Regulations.