Post-shutdown, Mercatus scholar urges policymakers to focus on AI action plan, security

Congress is unlikely anytime soon to pass an artificial intelligence governance bill that would preempt state regulation, says Ryan Hauser, research fellow at the free-market Mercatus Institute, who argues lawmakers should focus on advancing implementation of the Trump administration’s artificial intelligence action plan and on improving AI cybersecurity.

“If the U.S. can't get comprehensive, pro-innovation, preemptive federal AI legislation done, my hope is that lawmakers can at least scuttle the costliest bills and focus on empowering agencies like the Cybersecurity...