Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D.N.Y.), leader of the chamber's bipartisan working group on AI, declined to set a timeline for the anticipated AI bill.The leader initially promised new AI rules would take “months” rather than “years” in june When the AI Working Group outlined its approach to regulation development.
However, when Congress left the country at the end of last year,, Lawmakers did not move forward on any proposals submitted regarding AI rules.
This group also includes Sens. martin heinrich (DN.M.), tod young (R-Ind.) and mike roundes (RD).
“Direct conversations between AI Gang staff and the senator continued during the recess,” Schumer spokeswoman Alison Biasotti said in an email.
“The success of the AI Insights Forum resulted in a number of recommendations, and we aim to work with each Senate committee to develop a framework. in the near future” Biasotti added.
“If there is no action by the end of this Congress, there will be widespread recognition that they have failed,” said Dewey Murdick, executive director of Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technologies. Ta.
“This year is going to be a very tough year for everything, but I… the pressure is quite high To do something,” he added.
As Congress continues to consider an AI framework, the technology industry is accelerating advances in AI. Analysts at Wedbush said in a report earlier this month that the growth of AI use cases is “exploding globally” and that 2024 will be the “year of AI.”
The potential implications of an AI future without guardrails are becoming more apparent as the technology expands, with court cases challenging whether AI companies are stealing the work of creators to build large-scale language models. It is partially highlighted by.
Darrell West, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution's Center for Technology Innovation, said Congress:AI regulation is far behind”
“AI is being deployed in virtually every field. It's about making decisions that affect people. There are already a lot of problems, but Congressional legislation is virtually non-existent,” West said. Ta.
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