{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/crapo-wyden-seek-details-on-ai-safeguards-in-social-security", "Crapo, Wyden Seek Details on AI Safeguards in Social Security", "2024-08-07", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "Senate", "ID", "Mike Crapo", "C000880", "www.crapo.senate.gov", "crapo", "https://www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Chair Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) sent a letter to Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Martin O\u2019Malley, requesting information about the Administration\u2019s use of artificial intelligence (AI), especially in decisions about benefit eligibility or payment amounts. The letter builds on Crapo and Wyden\u2019s ongoing oversight of federal agencies\u2019 use of AI to ensure it is used appropriately.\n\nThe SSA, which is responsible for distributing more than $1 trillion in Social Security benefits and Supplemental Security Income payments to millions of seniors, individuals with disabilities and their families each year, has used AI systems for more than 20 years. These systems help with important tasks such as reviewing and expediting certain disability claims, identifying possible fraud or abuse and flagging cases with high expected overpayment for additional review. However, as the senators noted in their letter, AI is not a cure-all that can address all challenges facing the agency.\n\n\u201cWithout the proper structure and guidelines for the procurement, deployment, and monitoring of AI systems, SSA\u2019s use of AI could reduce the effectiveness of its benefit administration processes, exacerbate improper payments, and jeopardize beneficiaries\u2019 financial security,\u201d the senators wrote. \u201cTo mitigate the risks associated with deploying AI across its programs, SSA must have strong governance frameworks in place that, among other important aspects, clarify the role of human discretion.\u201d\n\nCrapo and Wyden requested Commissioner O\u2019Malley provide information on the SSA\u2019s use of AI, including SSA\u2019s risk management frameworks for AI, positions for qualified personnel to develop and oversee AI and the processes used to expedite disability determinations and appeals.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"]], "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://www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/crapo-wyden-seek-details-on-ai-safeguards-in-social-security"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8816118352115154, "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"}