Sens. Hickenlooper, Capito reintroduce ‘trustworthy’ AI assurance bill with industry backing

A bipartisan bill reintroduced by Sens. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) would direct NIST to develop guidelines for independent AI system evaluators, with the senators emphasizing both the need for guardrails and the measure’s voluntary nature.

“The horse is already out of the barn when it comes to AI,” Hickenlooper, a senior member of the Senate Commerce Committee, said in an Aug. 1 release. “The U.S. should lead in setting sensible guardrails for AI to ensure...