Today, the AI Policy Network commended Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) for the strong national security provisions of the TRUMP AMERICA AI Act, which establishes an “Advanced Artificial Intelligence Evaluation Program.”

“Recent breakthroughs in AI, combined with unprecedented commercial investments, have opened potential pathways to develop AI superintelligence – AI systems that drastically exceed human cognitive performance and capabilities along all dimensions. Senator Blackburn has recognized the urgent need to strengthen the ability of the Department of Energy to test and evaluate the most advanced AI systems for strategic risks,” said Daniel Colson, Executive Director of the AI Policy Network. “The TRUMP AMERICA AI Act enhances and encourages accountability in AI development with provisions to collect data on adverse AI incidents, such as loss-of-control scenarios and weaponization by adversaries. It permanently authorizes the Center for AI Standards and Innovation and creates AI testbeds to develop safeguards and accelerate the development and adoption of national standards for artificial intelligence. The United States leads the world in AI. This legislation extends our competitive advantage while preparing for AI systems of unprecedented scope and capability.” 

More information on the TRUMP AMERICA AI Act, including a section-by-section summary, may be found here.

About the AI Policy Network

The AI Policy Network is an independent 501(c)(4) association of AI researchers, national security leaders, and entrepreneurs working with elected officials to prepare the United States for powerful AI systems and their implications. AIPN urges Congress to: 

• PROTECT America’s technological edge. 
• PROMOTE American AI at home and abroad. 
• PREPARE for increasingly powerful AI, including superintelligence.