{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-blumenthal-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-protect-consumers-and-deny-ai-companies-section/", "Hawley, Blumenthal Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Consumers and Deny AI Companies Section 230 Immunity", "2023-06-14", "2023", "2023-06", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Josh Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", "hawley", "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Today U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) \u2013 the Ranking Member and the Chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, respectively \u2013 introduced the No Section 230 Immunity for AI Act.\n\nThis new bipartisan legislation would clarify that Section 230 immunity will not apply to claims based on generative AI, ensuring consumers have the tools they need to protect themselves from harmful content produced by the latest advancements in AI technology.\n\nFor example, AI-generated \u201cdeepfakes\u201d \u2013 lifelike false images of real individuals \u2013 are exploding in popularity. Ordinary people can now suffer life-destroying consequences for saying things they never said, or doing things they never would. Companies complicit in this process should be held accountable in court.\n\n\u201cWe can\u2019t make the same mistakes with generative AI as we did with Big Tech on Section 230,\u201d said Senator Hawley. \u201cWhen these new technologies harm innocent people, the companies must be held accountable. Victims deserve their day in court and this bipartisan proposal will make that a reality.\u201d\n\n\u201cAI companies should be forced to take responsibility for business decisions as they\u2019re developing products\u2014without any Section 230 legal shield,\u201d said Senator Blumenthal. \u201cThis legislation is the first step in our effort to write the rules of AI and establish safeguards as we enter this new era. AI platform accountability is a key principle of a framework for regulation that targets risk and protects the public.\u201d\n\nThe No Section 230 Immunity for AI Act would:\n\nAmend Section 230 by adding a clause that strips immunity from AI companies in civil claims or criminal prosecutions involving the use or provision of generative AI.\n\nEmpower Americans harmed by generative AI models to sue AI companies in federal or state court.\n\nRead the full bill text here.\n\nOn May 16, 2023, Senators Hawley and Blumenthal held a landmark hearing on AI oversight. All three witnesses at that hearing, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, agreed that Congress needed to take action, as new developments in generative AI technology \u2013 from large language models to art generators \u2013 are advancing at a breakneck pace, upending many aspects of American life.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:15:57Z"]], "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.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-blumenthal-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-protect-consumers-and-deny-ai-companies-section/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0091369040310383, "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"}