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Khanna to introduce AI safety bill awaiting technology safeguards
cnbc.com • • nation
Key Points:
- Rep. Ro Khanna plans to introduce the "Human Control Over AI Act," aiming to regulate AI with strict liability standards and banning recursive self-improving AI until federal safeguards are established.
- The bill proposes creating a new federal agency responsible for AI safety regulations, licensing, audits, and security standards, with embedded independent auditors in frontier AI labs.
- It includes criminal penalties for deploying harmful AI systems, mandates liability insurance for AI companies, and seeks enforceable agreements and export controls to prevent adversarial development of dangerous AI.
- Khanna emphasizes the bill's foundation on input from AI safety organizations rather than industry executives, aiming to prioritize safety concerns and prevent catastrophic risks associated with AI.
- The legislation joins other AI safety proposals but is unlikely to be voted on before the midterm elections, with Congress expected to recess shortly.
