House Committees Hold Hearings on AI Implementation and IP Protections

• On March 21, 2024, the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology and Government Innovation held a hearing titled “White House Overreach on AI,” which marked the panel’s second hearing discussing the Biden administration’s implementation of the Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (EO 14110). During the hearing, Chair Nancy Mace (R-SC) and multiple witnesses characterized the EO as “overbroad,” and questioned why the order invokes the Defense Production Act (DPA; P.L. 81-774). Ranking Member Gerry Connolly (D-VA) pushed back on the notion that the AI EO was overreaching, instead asserting that the order is a crucial step to kickstarting federal government action on AI.

• On April 10, 2024, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet held a hearing titled “Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: Part III – IP Protection for AI-Assisted Inventions and Creative Works,” which is the third hearing in the Committee’s series to examine the intersections of AI and intellectual property (IP). Chair Darrell Issa (R-CA) focused on the need to protect IP, while acknowledging the growing role that AI will play in creation and innovation. Ranking Member Hank Johnson (D-GA) called for legislative action to ensure that IP protections maintain pace with AI advancements.

• Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
• Technology

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