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Senate unanimously concurs with House Bill 178 limiting government use of AI after amendment
Summary
The Senate Energy Committee concurred in House Bill 178, which narrows permitted uses of artificial intelligence by state and local government. Lawmakers adopted an amendment removing the term "high risk" to avoid ambiguous interpretation and voted unanimously to concur in the bill as amended.
The Senate Energy Committee on Feb. 18 voted unanimously to concur in House Bill 178 after adopting an amendment that narrows the bill’s language on prohibited artificial intelligence uses.
The bill, introduced in the House by Representative Mitchell and presented to the committee in the Senate, would limit certain uses of AI systems by state and local government. Chair Zolnikoff explained the measure as designed to restrict government uses of AI in ways that go…
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