Voters like the Senate’s AI ‘road map,’ with an asterisk

Washington is fumbling through a slate of potential artificial intelligence regulations—some focused on global competition, some on AI-generated deepfakes and some arguing that the government should get its arms around how it’s using AI before it tells anyone else how to do it. All the while, the tech continues to rapidly evolve with little oversight. The most sweeping plan on the table for now is Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) proposed “roadmap” that sets out bipartisan legislative priorities, but that’s more of a plan to have a plan, and less an actual piece of legislation. A survey from the pro-regulation Artificial Intelligence Policy Institute shows that voters largely feel positive about the roadmap’s regulatory priorities but might still need a bit more education about what they would actually do.