Thune, elected Senate majority leader, has credentials on AI policy

Sen. John Thune (R-SD), an active player on artificial intelligence policy and author of a leading piece of bipartisan AI legislation, has been elected by his Senate GOP colleagues to serve as majority leader in the incoming 119^th Congress.

Thune will replace Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) – who hosted a series of closed-door Senate AI “insight forums” last year -- as majority leader and brings to the table his own credentials on artificial intelligence policy.

Thune is currently GOP minority...