Senate Commerce Committee ranking member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., released a framework for artificial intelligence regulation Wednesday that includes a major role for the federal government in setting safety standards and testing models for catastrophic risk.
The six-point framework, which does not include legislative text, stands in contrast to a focus from the White House and some congressional Republicans on voluntary standards and self-regulation and could set the tone for Cantwell’s potential return to the chair if Democrats take control of the Senate in the midterms.
