Senator Chuck Schumer Encourages US To Create Comprehensive Laws For Artificial Intelligence Security

United States Senator Chuck Schumer, encourages the creation of the Artificial Intelligence Law. (photo: @SenSchumer)

JAKARTA - United States Senator Chuck Schumer on Wednesday 21 June will call for a "comprehensive law" to advance and ensure protection against artificial intelligence (AI).

Governments around the world are considering how to reduce the dangers of this developing technology. The increasing popularity of generative AI, which uses data to create new content such as human writing from ChatGPT, can change human society.

In April, Schumer circulated a framework outlining a new regulatory regime to "prevent potential damage to our country while at the same time ensuring that the United States advances and leads in this transformative technology."

In a speech planned for Wednesday at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, Schumer will confirm the need for cross-party congressional action.

"We have no choice but to admit that AI changes are happening, and in many cases there is already... We have to create a encouraging plan - not hinder - innovation in this new world of AI, and that means asking some important questions," Schumer said, as quoted from footage released by his office. "We will work very hard to create comprehensive laws. Because this is very important, we will do everything we can to succeed."

Congress is currently divided narrowly and has not yet reached a consensus in the AI law.

"AI is unlike anything we've faced before, and it may be very difficult for the law to deal with any problems," Schumer said. "AI could be our most spectacular innovation, a power that could trigger a new era of technological advances, scientific discoveries, and industrial power."

Schumer will ask, "How much federal interference, on the tax and spending side, should there be? Is federal interference to encourage innovation needed at all, or should we let the private sector develop on its own?"

US President Joe Biden said Tuesday that his government was "committed to protect the rights and safety of Americans while protecting privacy, to address biases and disinformation, to ensure that the AI system was safe before they were released."

In April, the developer CEO of ChatGPT, OpenAI, and its supporters Microsoft and Alphabet met Biden and other officials to discuss AI.

"Congress should encourage, not hinder innovation," Schumer said. "But if people don't believe that innovation can be done safely, it will hinder AI's development and even prevent us from advancing."