Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, seen at the US Capitol on May 8, announced a proposed roadmap on artificial intelligence on behalf of the Senate’s bipartisan working group.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, seen at the US Capitol on May 8, announced a proposed roadmap on artificial intelligence on behalf of the Senate’s bipartisan working group.
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A bipartisan group of senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer released a long-awaited report detailing actions Congressional committees can take to address progress and risks of artificial intelligence.
“Congress cannot and will not solve every challenge that AI presents today,” Schumer, D-N.Y., said during a news conference Wednesday. “But we can lay the groundwork for smart, bipartisan policy proposals, guided by both urgency and humility.”
What’s in the proposal?
The report’s target of $32 billion by 2026 is in line with the 2021 report of National Security Committee on Artificial Intelligence.
The working group’s roadmap includes the following recommendations:
* Increase funding for AI innovation to “maintain global competitiveness”
* Ensure enforcement of applicable AI laws and address any unintended bias
* Examines the impact of AI on the US workforce, including job mobility and worker training needs
* Address issues related to deepfakes, especially related to election content and “non-consensual intimate images”
* Mitigate threats of “potential long-term risk scenarios”
Schumer said he plans to meet soon with House Speaker Mike Johnson to ensure the effort can receive bicameral support.
Bipartisan path after months of scrutiny
30 pages route Is the result of nine forums with more than 150 AI experts convened by a bipartisan working group in the Senate, including Schumer and Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich, and Republican Sens. Todd Young and Mike Rounds.
“We have experts from all walks of life – people from the tech industry of course, but people from the civil rights community, the labor community and critics of AI – all coming together and really talk to each other and come up with both solutions to the questions we have to answer and solutions to some of those questions,” Schumer said.
Schumer touted the potential for “transformational innovation” that can come from harnessing the power of AI.
“Kind of reaching for the stars — that means AI can wipe out cancer, eradicate world hunger, keep us from being attacked,” he said, before adding that Congress also Must anticipate potential threats.
“We know there are harms that can come from AI, whether it’s harm to the workforce, bias built into the system, or related to intellectual property,” he said. . “And so we also need innovation to find ways to minimize those liabilities.”
Schumer emphasized that the Senate will not pursue a large comprehensive package targeting the issue, relying on committees to finalize the portions of the report that relate to their areas of expertise.
The report was released just days after OpenAI announced an upgrade to ChatGPT.
