Schumer and Working Group Prepare Road Map for AI Bills
The Senate’s bipartisan AI working group will “very soon” issue a policy “road map” with areas of consensus for committees to pursue legislation, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Wednesday. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., told us previously that committees…
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are expected to lead legislative efforts (see 2401220047). Schumer and Rounds formed the working group with Sens. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Todd Young, R-Ind. “AI is so complex, so rapidly evolving, so broad in impact that it will take all of us working together to maximize its potential and minimize its harms,” Schumer said on the floor Wednesday. The Senate leader said he was pleased to see President Joe Biden's Wednesday announcement about Microsoft’s $3.3 billion investment for a new AI center in Wisconsin. Microsoft President Brad Smith said the company "will use the power of AI to help advance the next generation of manufacturing companies, skills and jobs in Wisconsin and across the country. This is what a big company can do to build a strong foundation for every medium, small and start-up company and nonprofit everywhere.”