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Markey, Budd Introduce Bills to Assess AI’s Health Security Risks

Bipartisan legislation introduced Tuesday would direct the Department of Health and Human Services to examine the health security risks associated with AI. Introduced by Sens. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Ted Budd, R-N.C., the Artificial Intelligence and Biosecurity Risk Assessment Act…

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would direct the HHS assistant secretary for preparedness and response to conduct comprehensive risk assessments of AI. Another piece of legislation they introduced, the Strategy for Public Health Preparedness and Response to Artificial Intelligence Threats Act, would direct HHS to develop a “strategy for public health preparedness and response” to AI.