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Lawmakers Seeking To Broaden Congress’ Artificial Intelligence Discussion

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, September 25th, 2019

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Lawmakers Seeking To Broaden Congress’ Artificial Intelligence Discussion

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Lawmakers are seeking to broaden Congress’ artificial intelligence discussion to focus on pushing agencies to move more rapidly on technology development and exploring legislation to create an AI budgetary framework. Leadership from both the House and Senate AI caucuses spoke Tuesday at The Atlantic Festival calling for a more strategic approach to artificial intelligence and machine learning investments to ensure the U.S. remains ahead of peer competitors. “The problem with Congress is that it's too slow, and the technology moves…

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