Senate Homeland Security sets markup for sweeping bill on government AI procurement

Senate Homeland Security Chairman Gary Peters (D-MI) has scheduled a major artificial intelligence procurement bill for markup on July 24, advancing a measure that would establish the most extensive rules to date around government purchases of AI products and services.

The bipartisan bill, S. 4495, the “Promoting Responsible Evaluation and Procurement to Advance Readiness for Enterprise-wide Deployment (PREPARED) for Artificial Intelligence Act,” was introduced June 11 by Peters and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC). It is among 35 bills ...