U.S. senators propose spending $32 billion to develop AI and build safeguards around it

A bipartisan group of four senators led by Chuck Schumer, the leader of the majority party in the United States, has proposed that Congress spend at least $32 billion over the next three years to develop artificial intelligence (AI) and establish safeguards around it.

This roadmap is another effort by the US government to regulate and promote the development of artificial intelligence. Six days ago, US lawmakers unveiled a bipartisan bill to help the Biden administration implement export controls on the top-tier AI models created in the country.

The law establishes safeguards for general artificial intelligence, limits law enforcement's use of biometric systems, prohibits online social scoring and AI manipulation or exploitation of user vulnerabilities, and gives consumers the right to file complaints and receive "meaningful explanations" from AI providers.