Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Minimize National Security Risks from Frontier AI
U.S. Senators Angus King (I-ME), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Jack Reed (D-RI), Jerry Moran (R-KS), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) have introduced the Preserving American Dominance in AI Act, which would establish the AI Safety Review Office within the Department of Commerce to work with U.S. companies to prevent foreign adversaries from misusing frontier AI models. The bill would direct the new AI Safety Review Office to provide industry with best practices and technical assistance, require advanced data centers to disclose the locations of their facilities and implement know-your-customer standards, and impose cybersecurity requirements on developers of frontier AI models.
Senators Introduce Bill Regulating Federal Deployment of AI
U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-VT) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) have introduced the Trustworthy by Design AI Act, which would require the National Institute of Security and Technology (NIST) to develop a framework for federal agencies to proactively managing risks from AI systems. The bill would require federal agencies to evaluate AI systems prior to deployment and publicly report on the evaluation state for all AI systems.
South Korea Adopts National AI Legislation
South Korea’s national legislature has adopted the Basic Law on AI Development and Trust-Based Establishment, a new law intended to improve the nation’s AI competitiveness and regulatory framework. The law establishes a National AI Committee and AI Safety Research Institute and includes measures for promoting AI by supporting R&D, data sets, and data centers. The bill also establishes a risk-based regulatory framework that imposes requirements on AI system developers and operators, similar to the EU AI Act.
