Wisconsin Legislature poised to take first vote to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in the state
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin lawmakers are scheduled to hold a first-round vote Thursday on a bill that would regulate artificial intelligence, as more states grapple with how to manage it as the November election approaches. Participate in what is happening.
Congress was scheduled to vote on a pair of bills. The first is a bipartisan measure that would require political candidates and organizations to include disclaimers in ads that use AI technology. Violators face a $1,000 fine.
More than 60 groups have registered support for the proposal, including the League of Women Voters and state newspaper and broadcast associations. No groups have registered to oppose the measure, according to state Ethics Commission records.
The second bill, a Republican-authored proposal, would launch an audit of how state agencies use AI and explore how it could be used to reduce the size of the state workforce. It requires government agencies to investigate. However, the bill does not specify any specific targets for layoffs. He only has one group registered for support: her NetChoice, an e-commerce business association. Other groups have not registered positions on the bill.
A number of other bills dealing with AI are in the works this Congress, including plans to outlaw the use of AI to create child pornography and the use of a nude portrait of a person for the purpose of harassing that person. has been floated, but has not yet been discussed. Get a floor vote in either Congress or the Senate.
AI includes a variety of technologies, from algorithms that recommend what to watch on Netflix to generative systems like ChatGPT that can help write and create new images and other media. The surge in commercial investment in generative AI tools has sparked public interest and concern about the tools’ ability to deceive people and spread disinformation.
Within the past two years, states across the country have taken steps to regulate AI. All told, at least 25 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia introduced artificial intelligence legislation last year alone.
The legislatures of Texas, North Dakota, West Virginia, and Puerto Rico have established advisory bodies to study and monitor the AI systems used by state agencies. Louisiana has established a new security commission to study the impact of AI on state operations, procurement, and policy.
Earlier this month, the Federal Communications Commission banned robocalls that use AI-generated voices. The move comes in the wake of an AI-generated robocall that imitated President Joe Biden’s voice in an attempt to block voting in the New Hampshire primary in January, the first state in the nation to do so.
Sophisticated generative AI tools, from voice cloning software to image generators, are already being used in elections in the United States and around the world. As the US presidential election got into full swing last year, some election ads used AI-generated audio and images, and some candidates experimented with using AI chatbots to communicate with voters.
The Biden administration has issued guidelines for the use of AI technologies in 2022, most of which contain broad goals and are non-binding. Congress has not yet passed federal legislation regulating AI in political campaigns.
