US Senate Proposes Two Bills for Transparency and Innovation in Artificial Intelligence

JAKARTA - Lawmakers in the United States have proposed two biparty bills targeting issues of transparency and innovation in artificial intelligence (AI).

On June 8, Democratic Senator Gary Peters, and Republican Senators Mike Braun and James Lankford, introduced the first bill that would require governments to be transparent about their use of AI.

Under this bill, United States government agencies will be required to notify the public when they use AI in interactions with the public, as well as provide a system for citizens to appeal against decisions made by AI.

"The federal government needs to be proactive and transparent in its use of AI and ensure that decisions are not taken without human intervention," Braun said as quoted by Cointlegraph.

A second bill was proposed by Democratic Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Warner, and Republican Senator Todd Young, to create an Office for Global Competition Analysis.

This new division aims to help the United States stay ahead of AI development. "We cannot ignore our competitive advantages in strategic technologies such as semiconductors, quantum computing and artificial intelligence to competitors like China," said Bennett.

The introduction of this bill follows an announcement by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer calling for three briefing sessions on AI to provide lawmakers with an understanding of the technology.

Regulations targeting AI are starting to emerge in the discussions of legislators around the world.

Earlier this week, officials in the UK emphasized that the AI ​​model needed to be regulated as it is in the pharmaceutical and nuclear power industries. That same day, another UK official warned that if these models were not brought under control within the next two years, they could threaten humanity.

Meanwhile, in Europe, legislators are finalizing the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act, which is a comprehensive set of regulations for the development and application of generative AI.

European regulators have taken a similarly urgent approach to AI regulation, stating recently that they are considering demanding that all AI-generated content be labeled as AI-generated content.