US AI developers would be subject to data privacy obligations applicable in federal court under a wide legislative proposal disclosed recently by the US senate Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.
About the proposal
Beside this, the proposal will create a federal right for users to sue companies for misusing their personal data for AI model training without proper consent. The proposal allows statutory and punitive damages, attorney fees and injunctions.
Blackburn is planning to officially introduce the bill this year to codify President Donald Trump’s push for “one federal rule book” for AI, according to the press release.
Why the need for AI regulations
The legislative framework comes on the heels of Trump’s signing of an executive order aimed at blocking “onerous” AI laws at the state level and promoting a national policy framework for the technology.
In order to ensure that there is a least burdensome national standard rather than fifty inconsistent State ones, the directive required the administration to collaborate with Congress.
Michael Kratsios, the president’s science and technology adviser, and David Sacks, the White House special adviser for AI and cryptocurrency, were instructed by the president to jointly propose federal AI legislation that would supersede any state laws that would contradict with administration policy.
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