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Senate committee hears broad support for HB 149, an artificial intelligence governance bill
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The Senate Committee on Business & Commerce heard hour-long testimony on HB 149, the Artificial Intelligence Governance Act, with supporters praising its outcomes-based approach and sandbox provisions; the committee left the bill pending after public testimony.
The Senate Committee on Business & Commerce on Thursday heard testimony on HB 149, the Artificial Intelligence Governance Act, which sponsor Senator Fortner told the panel would create a framework for ‘‘reasonable’’ AI development while preserving innovation.
The measure, Senator Fortner said, would require government agencies to disclose when individuals interact with AI systems, bar AI designed to ‘‘negatively manipulate human behavior’’ or to perform social scoring, protect biometric identifiers from nonconsensual capture, prohibit unlawful discrimination and address deep-fake child exploitation. Fortner also described an AI sandbox and…
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