Establish a permanent Artificial Intelligence Safety Board within the Department of Commerce to evaluate AI risks and set technical safety and security standards.

Brian Schatz · Hawaii · Democratic

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Commitment kind: outcome. Promised action: Enact legislation creating a permanent Artificial Intelligence Safety Board within the Department of Commerce.. Promised outcome: A permanent board would evaluate emerging AI risks and establish technical safety and security standards.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. U.S. Senate press release describing the Artificial Intelligence Risk Management and Security Act of 2026.

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The Warner-Schatz legislation would establish a permanent Artificial Intelligence Safety Board within the Department of Commerce, bringing together representatives from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Department of Commerce, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), and Department of the Treasury, along with independent technical experts, to evaluate emerging AI risks and establish technical safety and security standards.

The bill would create a permanent AI Safety Board in the Department of Commerce with federal and independent technical experts.

Schatz, Warner To Take To Senate Floor To Demand Passage Of New AI Security Legislation | U.S. Senator Brian Schatz
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