House approves bipartisan bill limiting AI-generated comments on draft federal rules

The House approved by voice vote a bipartisan bill requiring federal agencies to identify and set aside artificial intelligence-generated comments on proposed rules, with the intention of weeding out automated duplicates that advocacy groups might use to overwhelm and influence regulatory policymakers.

“The term ‘computer-generated comment’ means a comment the substance of which is primarily generated by computer software, including through the use of artificial intelligence, rather than by a human being,” says the bill, H.R. 7528, in identifying...