Schumer leads legislative effort to regulate AI
Christopher Hutton
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is reportedly moving to craft legislation to regulate artificial intelligence.
Schumer has been circulating a framework for AI legislation among experts in recent weeks, according to Axios. The effort is a response to the rise of chatbots such as ChatGPT and Bard, which have become more commonly used in the workplace. It follows the Biden administration requesting public comment on AI-related regulation.
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The listed regulations mandate transparency about the identity of an algorithm’s trainer and its audience, its data sources, and details about how it makes its responses, along with other transparency and ethical guidelines.
Schumer will spend the next few weeks refining his guidelines with academic, industry, and government leaders, according to people familiar with the matter. He will also be the one to determine when the vote will go to the floor as majority leader.
Schumer argued during a 2019 appearance at the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence that the United States needs to make a major investment into AI to compete with China.
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The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration requested public comment on Tuesday regarding regulatory measures for AI. “Responsible AI systems could bring enormous benefits, but only if we address their potential consequences and harms. For these systems to reach their full potential, companies and consumers need to be able to trust them,” NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson said in a statement.
The White House also released an “AI Bill of Rights” in December that asked AI developers to consider several priorities and guardrails. This includes ensuring information collected by AI products is not misused, designers account for algorithmic bias concerning race or gender, all data collected are protected with appropriate privacy measures, and users know when algorithms affect their experience.