Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer’s outline for potential federal legislation on artificial intelligence systems was widely welcomed by tech companies for its light touch and promise of federal spending.
Civil society groups have been far less welcoming. They say it fails to adequately address the harms that AI systems may pose and lacks the specifics needed to develop strong federal policy.
“The Senate’s bipartisan AI roadmap is scant on details, especially the guardrails needed to prevent and mitigate harm,” Maya Wiley, president of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, said in an email. Senators “missed an opportunity to present real ideas on how to protect us all from defective and harmful AI.”
