U.S. House Science and Technology Committee Passes Nine Bipartisan AI Bills
The U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology has passed nine bipartisan bills to ensure U.S. leadership in AI by supporting AI research and development and promoting AI education and workforce training programs. The adopted bills are the Small Business Artificial Intelligence Advancement Act; the Nucleic Acid Screening for Biosecurity Act; the Literacy in Future Technologies (LIFT) AI Act; the Workforce for AI Trust Act; the NSF AI Education Act of 2024; the Expanding AI Voices Act; the Creating Resources for Every American to Experiment (CREATE) with AI Act; the AI Advancement and Reliability Act; and the AI Development Practices Act.
U.S. Department of Commerce Proposes Reporting Requirements for Frontier AI Developers
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security has released a notice of proposed rulemaking that outlines a new mandatory reporting requirement for leading AI developers and cloud providers. The proposed rule requires developers of frontier AI models and computing clusters to provide detailed reporting to the federal government on developmental activities, cybersecurity measures, and outcomes from red-teaming efforts.
China Releases Security Governance Framework for AI
The National Technical Committee on Cybersecurity of Standardization Administration of China has released the AI Safety Governance Framework, which highlights safety risks associated with AI development and lays out safety guidelines for AI developers to mitigate those risks.
60 Countries Endorse Blueprint for AI Use in the Military
60 countries, including the United States, France, Germany, and Ukraine, have endorsed the blueprint for action governing the use of AI in military applications at an international summit in South Korea. The guidelines affirm that AI’s military applications will be “ethical and human-centric.” China has not endorsed the document.
