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In September 2023, U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CA) Josh Hawley (R-MO) announced a bipartisan framework “to establish guardrails for artificial intelligence. The framework lays out specific principles for upcoming legislative efforts, including the establishment of an independent oversight body, ensuring legal accountability for harms, defending national security, promoting transparency, and protecting consumers and kids.” This framework is intended to “Establish a Licensing Regime Administered by an Independent Oversight Body,” “Ensure Legal Accountability for Harms,” “Promote Transparency,” and “Protect Consumers and Kids.”
Sen. Blumenthal chairs the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and Sen. Hawley is the ranking member. The Blumenthal/Hawley framework was released in conjunction with the subcommittee’s September 2023 hearing, Oversight of A.I.: Legislating on Artificial Intelligence. There were three witnesses: Woodrow Hartzog, Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law Fellow, Cordell Institute for Policy in Medicine & Law, Washington University in St. Louis, Boston, MA; William Dally, Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President of Research, NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA; and Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA.