Sarah Myers West, managing director of AI Now Institute, a nonprofit group that supports AI regulation, applauded the preventative approach taken by the measure.
“It’s great to see the focus on addressing and mitigating harms before they go into the market,” Myers West told ABC News.
However, she added, many current risks posed by AI remain unaddressed, including bias in algorithms used to set worker pay or grant access to healthcare.
“There are so many places where AI is already being used to affect people,” Myers West said.
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Despite recent policy discussion and hearings, Congress has achieved little progress toward a comprehensive measure to address AI risks, Myers West said.
“Congress has been kind of stuck,” Myers West added. “That does mean there’s a really important role for the states.”
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