It is reported that at a CNBC AI Summit, Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) has announced that federal regulation of AI is forthcoming in the US amid growing consensus among lawmakers on the need to establish guidelines to govern AI technologies, ensuring they are developed and deployed responsibly. Senator Blackburn has been pushing multiple legislative fronts beyond the Kids Online Safety Act, working on an online consumer privacy protection bill that would let users “set those firewalls and protect the virtual you,” plus legislation targeting how AI systems use someone’s name, image, or likeness without consent. “The reason the states have stepped in, whether it’s to protect consumers or protect children, is because the federal government has, to date, not been able to pass any federal preemptive legislation,” Senator Blackburn said. “We have to have the states standing in the gap until such time that Congress will say no to the big tech platforms.”
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