"U.S. Senator Introduces Bill Targeting AI's Shortfalls"

On Thursday, Senator Michael Bennet introduced a bill that would create a task force to look at U.S. policies on artificial intelligence and identify how best to reduce threats to privacy, civil liberties, and due process.  The widespread use of ChatGPT and other AI, which have been used for years to create text, imagery, and other content, has sparked a rush around the globe to figure out if and how it should be regulated.  The job of the AI Task Force, which could include cabinet members, will be to identify shortfalls in regulatory oversight of AI and recommend reforms if needed.  Bennet stated that there's going to have to be a lot of education around this set of issues because they're not well understood.  He noted that there is going to be a lot of improvisation and iterative approaches to try to wrestle with this because AI is so new to everyone in the government.  Under the bill, the task force would include an official from the Office of Management and Budget, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Office of Science and Technology Policy as well as privacy and civil liberties officers from the Departments of Justice, State, Treasury, Defense, and other executive branch agencies.  Under the terms of the bill, the task force would work for 18 months, issue a final report, and then shut down.

Reuters reports: "U.S. Senator Introduces Bill Targeting AI's Shortfalls"