U.S. Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia, a member of the bipartisan House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, today issued the following statement on the release of the Task Force’s 273-page comprehensive report and key findings.
The report includes guiding principles and forward-looking recommendations to advance American leadership and innovation on AI.
Beyer said the report contains “timely, productive, bipartisan recommendations on artificial intelligence, one of the most pressing issues of our time.”
“The report issues warnings about potential pitfalls in AI use, which I am proud to see includes a section on implications for civil rights and civil liberties, including harmful bias and discrimination. The report also highlights the need for model transparency in AI uses across sectors including government and health care, and stresses the importance of digital literacy. It also recommends codifying the National AI Research Resource (NAIRR), an end that would be accomplished with bipartisan legislation, the CREATE AI Act, that I am proud to co-lead,” Beyer said.
The report will serve as a roadmap for U.S. policymakers.
Beyer was appointed to serve on the bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, is vice chair of the bipartisan Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus and Vice Chair of the New Democrat Coalition’s AI Working Group. He is the author of the AI Foundation Model Transparency Act and a lead cosponsor of the CREATE AI Act, the Secure AI Act, and the Federal Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Act.
He served eight years on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology and currently attends George Mason University as a part time student completing coursework toward the pursuit of a master’s degree in machine learning, in part to help inform his work on AI in U.S. Congress.
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