Driving The Day

Today is September 16, 2024, and here are the key policymaker and stakeholder actions on AI you need to know: In Washington, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) are urging the Biden Administration to ensure any federal agency using AI to make “consequential decisions” has a civil rights office “staffed with experts in algorithmic discrimination.” Across the pond, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change argued the U.K. government “needs to show strong leadership” to develop the country’s AI data infrastructure and the clean-energy projects needed to power it. In China, the cyberspace agency proposed a regulation that would require companies to label AI generated content on their platforms.

In this issue:

• Washington in Focus: Comprehensive federal legislation governing AI technology unlikely this session, lawmaker says.

• Around the Nation: A bill introduced in Maryland would establish an AI advisory and oversight commission.

• Across the Pond: Apple’s new Apple Intelligence feature will be blocked from EU users due to regulatory uncertainty.

• Global Highlights: Semafor discusses how the United Arab Emirates got the U.S. to bless its AI ambitions.

• Outside Views: Two law professors argued for an “Average Joe AI Agenda” that would address concerns over job market disruptions caused by AI.

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