Driving The Day

Today is September 27, 2024, and here are the key policymaker and stakeholder actions on AI you need to know: In Washington, D.C., Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) believes it is “entirely possible” a spending package at the end of the year could include AI legislation. Across the pond, the U.K.’s competition watchdog ended its probe of Amazon’s investment into AI developer Anthropic, declaring the partnership did not “qualify for investigation” as a merger. In South Korea, the legislature passed a bill that would make “purchasing, saving or watching” sexually explicit deepfakes subject to prison time or fines.

In this issue:

• Washington in Focus: Bipartisan Senate bill seeks to leverage AI for new pandemic preparedness program.

• Around the Nation: A Brookings fellow argued California’s SB 1047 has been misrepresented in many ways by critics.

• Across the Pond: Politico explained why Britain’s ‘deepfake election’ never happened.

• Global Highlights: China has a plan to make AI watermarks happen.

• Outside Views: The New York Times explained what to know about Meta using user’s Instagram content to train its AI.

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