U.S. senators seek to block foreign adversaries from AI technology in new bill
Key takeaways
- Foreign adversaries are nations determined to be actively working against U.S. national security, currently including Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.
- The bill would codify a position at the Commerce Department to oversee this authority, the assistant secretary of commerce for information and communications technology supply chains.
- Earlier this month, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to promote U.S.
Tradotto da IA2 min read Make preferred on Condividi Condividi questo articolo Copia link X icon X (Twitter)Linked In Facebook Email Make preferred on Republican members of the U.S. Senate are pushing a new bill to protect U.S. AI technology. (Jesse Hamilton/Coin Desk)Summary Show Two Republicans — the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee and the author of the GENIUS Act for stablecoins — joined to introduce a new bill meant to reduce foreign threats to U.S. AI technology. The bill would give the U.S. Commerce Department more authorities to protect the domestic industry. The U.S. Commerce Department would have more authority to shield domestic artificial intelligence technology from the supply chains of foreign adversaries in a bill introduced Tuesday by two Republican senators who've been at the center of crypto legislation in this congressional session: Tim Scott and Bill Hagerty.
The new bill would give Commerce the ability to block "transactions involving technology designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned, controlled, or directed by foreign adversary countries." But it's being pushed by the two Republicans as this session of Congress is winding toward the summer break and midterm elections, leaving it little opportunity to advance unless it's later latched onto a must-move bill.
“Americans should not have to worry that China or Russia can use the technology in our cars, phones, or networks against us,” said Scott, the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, who worked with Hagerty to pass last year's Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act.