Can governments build AI? In this paper, we describe an ongoing effort to develop ``public AI'' -- publicly accessible AI models funded, provisioned, and governed by governments or other public bodies. Public AI presents both an alternative and a complement to standard regulatory approaches to AI, but it also suggests new technical and policy challenges. We present a roadmap for how the ML research community can help shape this initiative and support its implementation, and how public AI can complement other responsible AI initiatives.

翻译：政府能否自行构建人工智能？本文探讨了一项正在推进的"公共AI"方案——即由政府或其他公共机构出资、部署并管理的可公开访问的AI模型。公共AI既为现行AI监管模式提供了替代方案与补充手段，同时也带来了新的技术与政策挑战。我们为机器学习研究社区绘制了路线图，阐明其如何助力该倡议的成型与实施，以及公共AI如何与其他负责任AI项目形成互补。