Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., told us Thursday she will try to hotline kids privacy legislation in the Senate.
Karl Herchenroeder
Karl Herchenroeder, Associate Editor, is a technology policy journalist for publications including Communications Daily. Born in Rockville, Maryland, he joined the Warren Communications News staff in 2018. He began his journalism career in 2012 at the Aspen Times in Aspen, Colorado, where he covered city government. After that, he covered the nuclear industry for ExchangeMonitor in Washington. You can follow Herchenroeder on Twitter: @karlherk
The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduling a hearing on Section 230 and prospects for repealing the tech industry’s liability shield, ranking member Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told us Tuesday.
President Joe Biden told senators Tuesday that his executive order on AI goes only so far, and Congress should work with the White House to incorporate some of its provisions into legislation, Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., told us Thursday.
China on Wednesday pledged to maintain an open dialogue with the U.S., the U.K., the EU and dozens of countries to develop international norms and policies for AI technology.
President Joe Biden on Monday signed an executive order directing the Commerce Department, the FCC, the FTC and other federal agencies to establish new “rigorous” standards for how and when companies can deploy AI systems (see 2310040063).
Sens. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and John Kennedy, R-La., introduced legislation Tuesday that would require generative AI developers to disclose when their content is AI-generated. Schatz and several senators told us in interviews they believe AI can be regulated with or without the passage of a federal privacy law.
The House Commerce Committee can tweak its privacy bill to address threats posed by AI technology, members said Wednesday during the first in a series of AI hearings.
Legislators advocated for Maine to become the 14th state to pass a comprehensive privacy law. Industry groups urged lawmakers Tuesday to reject the proposed bill or model it after more pro-business privacy laws like those in Virginia and Connecticut.
Google representatives defended their content moderation efforts Thursday amid congressional criticism of YouTube, Meta and X, formerly known as Twitter, for their handling of content about Hamas’ attack on Israel.
President Joe Biden’s forthcoming executive order on AI will direct federal agencies like the FTC to explore existing authorities for ways to regulate the technology, NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson said Wednesday.