The focus should be on bolstering federal agencies to manage the technology’s risks, Republican Sen. Todd Young told POLITICO Tech.
That could lead Congress to establish a new office in the White House to tackle artificial intelligence or perhaps expand the authority of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Young suggested. But the debate between creating a new agency or leaning on existing ones has yet to be settled. “That’ll be a really important decision point,” he said. “I don’t think we’re there yet.
The Senate is slated to hold forums on specific issues like copyright, privacy and “guarding against doomsday scenarios” following the August recess. Young said a trio of recent briefings designed to bring lawmakers up to speed on the basics of artificial intelligence have softened colleagues who were fearful of the technology.
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