{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://sarajacobs.house.gov/news/press-releases/rep-sara-jacobs-secures-key-wins-in-bipartisan-ai-task-force-report", "Rep. Sara Jacobs Secures Key Wins in Bipartisan AI Task Force Report", "2024-12-17", "2024", "2024-12", "Democrat", "House", "CA", "Sara Jacobs", "J000305", "sarajacobs.house.gov", "sarajacobs", "https://sarajacobs.house.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-51) secured key wins in the Bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI)\u2019s final report, which was released today. She secured many principles and recommendations on issues including strengthening the capacity of sectoral agencies, privacy and data protection, bias, global AI governance, transparency, robust oversight of kinetic weapons systems, and equitable access.\n\nAt a press conference earlier today, Rep. Sara Jacobs said:\n\n\u201cAs one of the youngest Members of Congress, one of the reasons I actually ran for Congress in the first place was because I felt like there were so many new challenges like emerging technology that Congress just wasn\u2019t keeping up with. Technologies like AI have so much potential \u2013 to solve big challenges like poverty and health care access \u2013 but there are also big risks. And it\u2019s up to us, in Congress, to make sure we set the rules of the road that help encourage the former and protect against the latter.\n\n\u201cThis is our opportunity to strike the right balance that encourages innovation and American leadership, while also creating guardrails that protect our rights and safety.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019m so proud of this report and in particular, some of these key things: As Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, I know the importance of distributing the benefits of AI equitably on a global scale and ensuring that no community is overlooked, forgotten, or exploited by this technology. To do that, we need to include civil society organizations and governments from the Global South in a global AI governance system and that\u2019s why I was pleased this report continues to encourage U.S. engagement in international standards development and further international collaboration.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m also glad that this report includes a recommendation to empower sectoral regulators with the tools and expertise to address AI-related risks \u2013 which mirrors legislation that I\u2019ve been working on for the past two years and will be introducing in the next term to ensure federal agencies have what they need to oversee AI systems, protect civil rights and public safety, and enforce existing federal law.\n\n\u201cAI and autonomous systems also have major implications for the future of the battlefield \u2013 some of which can help save our service members\u2019 time and lives and others which can be incredibly dangerous. That\u2019s why I\u2019m proud that our bipartisan report recommends Congress to support DOD\u2019s policy requiring meaningful human control over the launch of nuclear weapons. This provision complements language that I championed in this year\u2019s NDAA.\n\n\u201cI hope that this report serves as a starting point for all of us \u2013 because we have a long way to go to harness the full potential and opportunities of AI, while also setting the rules of the road to minimize potential harm.\n\n\u201cAnd I hope that this report also shows that despite what this past election might lead us to believe, we can find common ground and bipartisan agreement \u2013 even and maybe especially on big, complicated, and rapidly evolving priorities like AI.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://sarajacobs.house.gov/news/press-releases/rep-sara-jacobs-secures-key-wins-in-bipartisan-ai-task-force-report"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4080600813031197, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}