HILL TECH & CYBER BRIEF: Hawley Pushes Guide for Regulating AI

The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary’s privacy and technology panel released a framework to inform future legislation on artificial intelligence, the latest sign that Congress is weighing a regulatory response to the threats posed by AI.

Five principles — creating a private right of action, protecting personal data, enforcing age limits to shield minors, blocking Chinese-made technology, and requiring licenses for generative AI models — will “help set the course for the responsible development of American AI,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said in a statement Wednesday.

Hawley’s guidelines come as lawmakers work to get ahead of AI as it ...