“There is no more promising technology in the modern world than artificial intelligence,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said Wednesday. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/UPI
Indiana Sen. Todd Young said Wednesday on social media that the Senate's AI “roadmap” is “the most comprehensive, impactful, bipartisan effort” on AI “ever issued” by a U.S. government legislative branch. “recommendations.'' File photo: Bonnie Cash/UPI
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (R-DN.Y.), Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.), and Sen. Martin Heinrich (R-DN.M.) speak from the Kennedy caucus room for the press. Exit September 2023, Senate Artificial Intelligence Insights Forum Post Meeting at the U.S. Capitol. File photo: Bonnie Cash/UPI
May 15 (UPI) — A small bipartisan group of lawmakers led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday released a “roadmap” for regulating the growing artificial intelligence industry that would require $32 billion in investment.
“After consulting with advocates, critics, academics, labor organizations, civil rights leaders, stakeholders, developers and others, our working group identifies key areas for policy with bipartisan agreement. “We were able to do that,” Schumer, New York, said. His statement added that work is currently continuing “with urgency and humility.”
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Working with Mr. Schumer on the bipartisan Senate AI Task Force to create an AI “roadmap” were Sens. Mike Rounds, R.S.D., Martin Heinrich, D.N.M. Ta. Todd Young, Republican, IN.
“There is no more promising technology in the modern world than artificial intelligence,” Schumer said Wednesday.
“But AI also poses many new policy challenges,” Schumer said, adding, “Taking advantage of AI’s potential requires a holistic approach that works with everyone, and that’s exactly what we need.” This is something that our bipartisan AI Task Force has led.”
The roadmap touches on areas such as supporting innovation, the use of AI in the workforce, election security, privacy, and national security transparency. It also outlines a series of steps the government can and should take to help the United States catch up with the latest AI technology developments, and calls on Congress to take action on several levels.
Young on social media called it “The most comprehensive and influential bipartisan recommendations” on AI ever issued by the U.S. government's legislative branch.
The announcement of the Senate's AI roadmap comes a day after representatives from the United States and China met in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday for the first high-level talks on artificial intelligence between the two economic powers, Biden administration officials said. previously acknowledged.
At a Congressional hearing in January, several lawmakers urged caution in using the technology.
Heinrich wrote Wednesday that he called the measure “a necessary guardrail to better ensure that AI presents benefits to Americans, not threats.” on X.
“Amid rapid advances in AI, the Senate can lead and be led,” Heinrich, co-chair and co-founder of the Senate Caucus on Artificial Intelligence, said in a news release. He called on his colleagues to take action on new policies. law.
He said the Roadmap “positions us to unleash AI innovation that will deliver major advances in science and medicine and help us maintain global leadership.”
In March, the European Parliament overwhelmingly approved a landmark artificial intelligence law that aims to limit and ban some applications of AI deemed “high risk.”
So was the release of the Senate's AI “roadmap.” senate rules day The committee was scheduled to discuss other AI-related bills.
“Transparency is a core tenet of our Code of Ethics, and our members are committed to helping news companies increase profits and reduce costs by using AI to “We're concerned that they're trying to introduce a new system,” News Guild CWA President John Schleuth said at a Senate hearing in November. news industry.
“We have a long history of negotiating around the introduction of new technology and join other unions in calling on Congress to uphold workers' right to bargain over AI and its use in the workplace.” said the president of the north's largest journalists' union. America.
