Sens Young, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Advance AI Innovation, Reliability for Americans

Sens Todd Young (R-IN), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Mike Rounds (R-SD), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) reintroduced the Creating Resources for Every American to Experiment with Artificial Intelligence Act, legislation that would establish the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource. The NAIRR is a shared national research infrastructure to connect American researchers and educators to data, software, and tools necessary to advance AI research and development and develop AI skills for the U.S. workforce. The legislation will also focus on improving the safety, reliability, and trustworthiness of AI for Americans. The CREATE AI Act would establish NAIRR to do the following:

• Spur innovation and advance the development of safe, reliable, and trustworthy AI research and development.
• Improve access to AI resources for researchers and students
• Expand capacity for AI research in the United States
• Develop tool AI tools for the U.S. workforce