Tech Bills of the Week: Civil Rights Offices for AI; Expanding Veterans' Education; and Curtailing ICE’s Biometric Use

Tech Bills of the Week: Civil rights offices for AI; Expanding veterans' education; and Curtailing ICE’s biometric use

A trio of new bills focus on the positives and negatives of emerging capabilities.

Lawmakers call for civil rights offices at agencies to combat discrimination in AI

A pair of Democratic lawmakers are reviving a push to guarantee federal agencies that use artificial intelligence systems have a civil rights office dedicated to curbing “bias and discrimination” in AI.  Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., reintroduced the Eliminating Bias in Algorithmic Systems (BIAS) Act on Thursday. If enacted, federal agencies that use, fund, or oversee the development of AI algorithms would be required to e…