Tech Bills of the Week

Tech bills of the week: AI research competitions; Prohibiting federal use of biometric tech; and more

Lawmakers introduced a slew of measures this week that looked to rein in AI risks and provide new oversight and guardrails around the construction of new data centers.

Tech bills of the week: Creating an AI-focused agency; Reviewing AI-assisted cyber attacks; and more

Lawmakers introduced a deluge of AI-focused measures this week in response to growing concerns about the capabilities of advanced models and to President Donald Trump’s pushback against new measures.

Tech bills of the week: Monitoring AI’s use under Section 702; Preventing abuse of Flock plate readers; and more

Lawmakers introduced several measures this week looking to rein in some of the potential abuses and dangers of using AI, as well as a proposal that looks to leverage AI for pediatric cancer research and treatment.

Tech bills of the week: Community protection from data centers; AI labs for education; and more

Recent proposals look to address data center concerns and establish grant programs to bolster students and educators’ AI and data science skills.

Tech bills of the week: Ban on AI superintelligence; AI oversight at the Pentagon; and more

Among this week’s bills is a sweeping measure to address the rapid pace of advanced AI development and deployment by banning work on superintelligent AI and temporarily pausing advanced AI development.

Tech bills of the week: identifying sponsored content in AI tools; Reshoring biotech manufacturing; and more

This week’s bills seek to label sponsored content in AI platforms, fortify emerging technology supply chains and spur adoption of open-weight models.

Tech bills of the week: Overseeing algorithm-set rental prices; and halting federal overreach in data center construction

Legislation introduced this week seeks to police the use of algorithmic price-setting for home rentals and rein in how the federal government influences new data center construction.

Tech bills of the week: Leveraging AI for environmental evaluations; crafting a report on China’s AI ecosystem; and more

Recently proposals look, in part, to deploy artificial intelligence solutions to prevent natural disasters from impeding U.S. military operations and evaluate China’s AI chip manufacturing sector.

Tech bills of the week: Deterring AI distillation; Taxing AI developers; and more

This week’s bills addressed how to fortify the U.S. AI ecosystem through penalizing adversaries for model distillation, taxing large developers for AI-driven layoffs, and more.

Tech bills of the week: Support for quantum sciences; Child-chatbot protections; and more

Bills introduced this week feature bipartisan efforts to bolster emerging technologies, specifically quantum information sciences and AI’s impact on nuclear security, plus more chatbot regulations.

Tech bills of the week: Regulating chatbot-child communication; AI in the VA; and more

Bills this week focused on how minors — and seniors — engage with generative AI, gauging AI’s efficacy at the VA and addressing a myriad of policy issues.

Tech bills of the week: Screen time standards for kids; Teaching elementary school students about AI; Modernizing agriculture and more

Bills this week aim to regulate how children interact with and learn about AI, give America’s farmers more AI equipment and add AI regulation to Medicare claim denials.

Tech bills of the week: Leveraging AI for cancer research; Securing chatbots for underage users; and more

Congress’ latest bills look to apply AI for both public benefit and enhanced federal operations, namely safeguarding AI chatbots, helping the government strengthen pediatric cancer research and securing the U.S.-Mexico border.

Tech bills of the week: Labeling AI-generated content; AI standards for private sector companies; and more

This week’s proposals include a measure to create a reporting process for dangerous AI systems and legislation to collect data on AI’s impact on the U.S. workforce.

Tech bills of the week: Managing biological data; Evaluating quantum computing’s impact on national security; and more

The latest tech legislation looks to create a database that can aid biotechnology development, understand how quantum computing could affect national security and give the U.S. public a share in the biggest AI companies.

Tech bills of the week: Standardizing DHS communications; Nuclear power for space exploration; and more

New legislation also looks to create guardrails on the Pentagon’s use of AI, understand how the emerging capabilities are affecting the U.S. job market and determine the environmental impact of data centers.

Tech bills of the week: Regulating DOD uses of AI; Protecting the work of digital creators; and more

Legislative measures introduced this week touched on enhancing the tech fluency of the U.S. Foreign Service, offering legal recourse for recipients of illicit images and modernizing VA’s identity proofing and authentication systems.