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Witnesses call for reskilling, AI literacy and consumer safeguards as automation accelerates
Summary
At a House Oversight subcommittee hearing, witnesses and members urged stronger investment in AI literacy, apprenticeships and worker retraining while warning of bias, fraud and deep‑fake harms that disproportionately affect vulnerable communities.
Members of the House Oversight and Reform subcommittee pressed experts on workforce displacement, equity and consumer harms tied to rapid AI adoption and urged federal steps to protect workers and consumers.
Ranking Member Brown opened by stressing the immediate impact of AI on jobs, particularly Black workers concentrated in occupations at higher risk of automation. “If we fail to provide retraining, education, and pathways into the jobs of the future, we risk leaving entire communities behind,” Brown said.
Dr. Nicole Turner Lee, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, urged Congress to pair workforce investments with consumer…
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