AI Regulation Is Needed to Support US Workers in Future, Business Officials Say
- Panel takes up how to balance new regulations with risk
- Consensus emerges on the need for workforce training
Brad Newman, a Baker McKenzie partner who leads the firm’s AI practice, called for federal funding for workforce training and programs to help those displaced by AI.
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Congress must take a more active role in regulating the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace, business officials told a Senate panel debating how to harness the new technology.
“I’m anti-regulation by DNA, but this is an area where I think the federal government ought to act responsibly and prudently,” Brad Newman, a Baker McKenzie partner who leads the firm’s AI practice, told a Senate panel Tuesday. He urged Congress to set rules on the technology based on the level of risk to Americans, echoing a widespread plea from industry and advocacy groups.