[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 6 (Thursday, January 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S80]
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                        Artificial Intelligence

  Mr. President, now, on artificial intelligence, as we begin the new 
year, one of the Senate's top priorities will be to legislate on 
artificial intelligence.
  Mr. President, 2023 was a year to remember in the world of AI, with 
the popularization of technologies like generative AI. It is impossible 
to predict what 2024 will bring. So we must act and act quickly to 
ensure that the United States keeps leading the way.
  Thankfully, thanks to our bipartisan AI Insight Forums and the 
leadership of our committees, the Senate has come very far in 
understanding how AI works and what we should do. We have listened to 
experts in tech, labor, business, academia, civil rights, and more.
  We have discussed everything, from AI's impacts on democracy, on our 
workforce, on national security, and the thorny but important technical 
issues like transparency, explainability, bias, and more.
  AI, for sure, will be one of the most difficult issues that the 
Senate has ever faced. But if there has been any consensus so far in 
these forums, it is that Congress must intervene to promote safe AI 
innovation.
  So AI is going to be a big focus for many Senators this year. My 
colleagues in the bipartisan AI gang--Senators Brown and Young and 
Heinrich--agree that the Senate will work in tandem with the regular 
order committee process, using findings and insights that our AI 
Insight Forums have uncovered. Our committees have already done great 
work, and I thank all the chairs and ranking members for their 
continued leadership.
  And I want to emphasize, underline, underscore that our work on AI 
remains wholly bipartisan. Both sides recognize the need to get 
something done on AI. So I thank my colleagues on both sides for their 
work on AI, and I look forward to making more progress on this very 
difficult issue in the months to come.