The US House and Senate are unlikely to pass federal legislation on the use of AI in business, so users should focus their attention on a new NIST framework in lieu of state-level law, according to Workday's veep for corporate affairs.that while the Republicans have won the House and the Senate, margins remained close in both, making the chances of passing federal legislation governing the use of AI during current presidential tenure unlikely.
"In all honesty, I don't think anything's going to happen in the US, Congress or federal legislation, but what is happening is a tremendous amount of activity at the state level," the SaaS enterprise application vendor policy expert said.it failed to take the right approach to ensuring or requiring AI safety. But he left the door open for the US state's lawmakers to propose a better bill for governing AI safety.
An alternative California bill addressing automated decision making is also currently inactive. Although Workday initially supported the bill, it later challenged the details on accountability for how users introduced products and withdrew its support, Morse said. Nonetheless, California was likely to"take another run at it," as would New York, while Connecticut and Colorado were also proposing legislation and Texas was"in the game," he said.
"Everyone looks at Congress and says, 'You should do something.' We don't think Congress is going to act, and there should be something against which the US can harmonize with Europe. The quickest way we thought that could happen was to ask the NIST to do a framework. They had completed the Cyber Framework and had just finished the privacy framework.
"We're probably, like, halfway through the first period. It's early days. We know where we want to go, but it's also unlikely that it gets there without engagement. We are actively asking everyone to have an opinion, and get engaged. Where this all lands is going to direct the where AI goes," he said.