Artificial Intelligence

WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing yesterday, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) questioned Shira Perlmutter, Director of the U.S. Copyright Office, about the need for increased transparency around the use of AI, and discussed his legislative efforts to increase transparency and protect copyrighted…

Photo by vs148 / Shutterstock.com Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., has introduced a bill that would require the Department of Defense to report to Congress on risk assessments of the use of artificial intelligence in defense systems as part of a push to improve DOD’s ethical technology leadership…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), member of the Senate Commerce Committee,introduced the Artificial Intelligence Weapons Accountability and Risk Evaluation (AWARE) Act, legislation to bolster the U.S. Department of Defense's ethical technology leadership and transparency regarding AI-enabled defense systems. The legislation requires the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, requested information from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken regarding the international deployment of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in…

Sponsors of Legislation to Regulate Digital Platforms Call for Necessary Action to Protect Americans WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.),and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in writing to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to call…