US needs ‘comprehensive legislation’ to address AI: Chuck Schumer

US Senate Majority Chuck Schumer on Wednesday will call for “comprehensive legislation” to advance and ensure safeguards on artificial intelligence (AI).

Governments around the world are considering how to mitigate the dangers of the emerging technology. Surging popularity of so-called generative AI, which uses data to create new content like ChatGPT’s human-sounding prose, could remake human society.