Energy Department would host AI risk program under Senate bill

Energy Department would host AI risk program under Senate bill

As President Donald Trump veers away from the safety-centered approach to artificial intelligence favored by his predecessor, a bipartisan pair of senators is pitching a new Department of Energy AI testing program to assess risks posed by the technology. Introduced Monday by Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., the Artificial Intelligence Risk Evaluation Act would establish a risk evaluation program at DOE to track AI safet…