The Biden Administration’s Approach to AI, Explained

The government already regulates artificial intelligence, but future federal policy will depend on how Congress understands its risks.

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Congress seems ready to act on new challenges posed by artificial intelligence platforms such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, with some suggesting creation of a new, AI-specific federal agency. 

Three congressional committees held hearings last week on “generative” AI, which spawns responses to prompts in the form of text, visual images, and audio, or combinations thereof. 

But it’s not as if the federal government is currently doing nothing. Agencies across the government already interact with AI, and the Biden administration is laying the groundwork for future action.

How is the federal government regulating AI now?

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    Robert Knudson

    Regulating AI for consumer use is a topic of interest but I am far more concerned with the Defense Department’s ability to procure and fund development for cutting edge AI without restrictions. I will take my chances with American Skynet if we stumble into it over Chinese or Russian Skynet any day.

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