Judiciary Chair Durbin signals support for Blumenthal-Hawley framework on regulating AI systems

Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) signaled his support for a legislative framework offered by Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) that would establish a licensing regime for artificial intelligence products and services, at a subcommittee hearing with industry “insiders” who also voiced support for the proposal.

“So the question is now, where is AI, can we as a government actually regulate the future of an industry unless we have a team, and technology, that matches what they...