U.S. federal AI regulation is on the way, Sen. Marsha Blackburn

As US states begin to respond to growing concerns about the risks associated with the use of artificial intelligence, Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn said it is “imperative” to move forward with a federal prevention standard.

Earlier this week, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a number of bills While focusing on these concerns, we also veto some strict AI terms Lawmakers had hoped to impose safety measures on chatbots, labels on the mental risks of social media apps, and tools that require age verification in device manufacturer app stores.

Also Utah and Texas they have also signed into law legislation implementing AI protections for minors, and other states have indicated similar regulations may be on the horizon.

“The reason states are stepping in, whether to protect consumers or children, is because the federal government has not been able to pass any federal preemptive legislation to date,” Blackburn said at the CNBC AI Summit in Nashville on Wednesday. “We need to make sure states stand in the gap until Congress says no to big tech platforms.”

Blackburn has long been an advocate for legislation regarding children’s online safety and the regulation of social media. Introducing the Children’s Online Safety Act It aims to establish guidelines in 2022 to protect minors from harmful materials on platforms. The bipartisan legislation overwhelmingly passed the Senate, and Blackburn said big tech companies had tried to block the legislation from passing in both chambers. “We’re hopeful the House will take it up and pass it.”

But Blackburn said the concerns the Act aims to address around social media are now increasing with the rise in artificial intelligence.

“One of the things we’ve heard from a lot of people who are interested in this issue is that you need to have an online consumer privacy protection bill so that people have the ability to set up these firewalls and protect what I call your virtual you,” he said, adding: “Once the LLM comes along [your data and information]Then they use that to train the model.”

Blackburn is also focusing on several other ways to protect the information AI uses, including a bill focused on how AI could use your name, image or likeness without your permission.

“We must find a way to protect our information in virtual spaces as well as in physical spaces,” he said.

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence, Blackburn acknowledged that regulation requires “focusing on end-use uses and legislating that framework that way and not focusing on a particular delivery system or a particular technology.”

This also means reacting to the ways AI companies change their products. Earlier this week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company can “safely relax” most of the time restrictions He said he was now able to alleviate “serious mental health issues” and added that the company was “not an elective company.” morality police of the world.”

Blackburn said lawmakers are increasingly hearing from “parents who know what’s going on with their kids and know that they can’t experience or see something that they’re experiencing with these chatbots, in the virtual world, or in the metaverse.”

“I’ve talked to a lot of people who say kids can’t get a cell phone until they’re 16, and a lot of parents believe it’s like driving a car,” he said. “They’re not going to let their kids have this because as a society we have to make rules and laws that protect children and minors.”