R Street panelists say enacting a federal privacy law is key piece of AI security strategy

Participants on a panel organized by the free-market R Street Institute agreed that Congress should strive to enact a comprehensive federal privacy law as a way to help ensure the safe and secure introduction of artificial intelligence technologies, rather than trying to bolster privacy protections through AI-focused legislation.

The introduction of generative AI has “elevated” the privacy issue but the “first step” for lawmakers should be passage of a comprehensive privacy bill with data minimization and other provisions that address...