Earlier this week, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., finally announced the creation of a new bipartisan AI task force on artificial intelligence. While a similar initiative had been underway with the previous Republican leadership, and there are at least two AI-related efforts on the Democratic side, the effort marks a major step forward in efforts to legislate with representation from both parties.
Rep. Yvette Clarke — a Democrat from New York who was one of the first members of Congress to call out the potential harms of artificial intelligence — said in a recent interview that she hopes the task force, which now counts her as a member, can focus on the basics of the technology, including data privacy and algorithmic bias. She emphasized that she’s “not happy about the time it’s taken” for legislators to pay attention to the issue, which has seen increased focus in the aftermath of the White House’s executive order on the technology and Senator Chuck Schumer’s AI insight forums.
“At the end of the day, we’re still waiting for legislation to be passed. We have already done the data privacy bill and that bill has been waiting in abeyance for quite some time,” Clarke told FedScoop, which has been speaking with House members focused on regulating the technology. “Let’s all get to the table. Let’s unpack what’s before us and let’s talk about how we legislate what needs ..
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