The Senate Judiciary Committee passed legislation for a second time Thursday that would allow news outlets to negotiate with the tech industry for compensation when platforms host news content (see 2306140042). Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., told us a potential floor vote is a “long way” off, and ranking member Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said during the hearing he expects the bill will ultimately “go nowhere.”
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The goal of this summer’s Senate briefings on artificial intelligence is to reach agreement on legislation that allows technological innovation and protects individual privacy, Sens. Todd Young, R-Ind., and Mike Rounds, R-S.D., told us Tuesday.
The vast majority of surveillance abuse that intelligence agencies have committed against U.S. citizens under Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act authority was unintentional, DOJ and FBI officials told the Senate Judiciary Committee during an oversight hearing Tuesday (see 2306120068, 2303280065 and 2303150069).
Expect legislation for regulating artificial intelligence from Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., to be introduced “soon,” Hawley told us Thursday.
Meta exposed its artificial intelligence technology to risks of spam, fraud, malware and privacy abuse by allowing unrestrained release of its Large Language Model Meta AI (LLaMA) program, wrote Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Tuesday.
Senators are working to address civil liberty concerns about a bill that could lead to a TikTok ban in the U.S., Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., told us recently.
Congress should revoke Section 230 if it continues to fail in passing legislation to hold Big Tech accountable for online harms, including child exploitation and illegal drug sales, said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and several other members Thursday.
Forcing tech companies to pay usage fees to European ISPs could be “discriminatory” and damage net neutrality, NTIA argued in the European Commission’s public consultation on EU investment in digital communications networks.
The U.S. would benefit from a new federal agency regulating artificial intelligence technology, Microsoft President Brad Smith said Thursday at a Planet Word event in Washington, D.C. Smith said the agency could oversee licensing of AI products much like regulators of automobile and aviation technology. He recommended President Joe Biden issue an executive order saying the federal government will procure AI services only from organizations applying government- and industry-sanctioned AI frameworks.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is seeking potential options with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to bring a package of children’s online safety bills to the Senate floor, he told us last week.