Lawmakers scramble to catch-up on AI

Lawmakers in Washington are floating numerous proposals to regulate AI development after a researcher's viral warning about the technology, but party politics, a limited legislative window and a lack of consensus make the effort an uphill, next-to-impossible task. The push spans both parties as members of Congress seek to prevent the technology's negative potential.

Washington is scrambling to manage the abrupt panic around AI development, but party politics, a limited legislative window and lack of consensus makes it an uphill, next-to-impossible task. In the wake of a researcher’s viral warning about the technology, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are floating numerous proposals to prevent the negative potential…