Thune: Legislation to regulate AI needs to have a ‘light touch’

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Monday that any AI regulation Congress passes must have a "light touch" to avoid stifling innovation, and he characterized recent warnings that superintelligent AI could exterminate humanity as a "worst-case scenario." Thune said the legislation "needs to strike a balance," adding, "You don't want to stifle innovation.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune R-S.D. on Monday said any legislation Congress passes to regulate AI must have a “light touch” so as not to stifle innovation and tempered recent warnings that superintelligent AI could exterminate humanity as a “worst-case scenario.” “It needs to strike a balance, light touch. You don’t want to stifle innovation…