Source: Observer Network
[Text/Observer Network, Liu Bai]
Hundreds of U.S. politicians have been hired to win the AI competition.After a previously-launched bill to reduce AI regulation was vetoed, Texas Republican Congressman Ted Cruz last week again launched a continuation of the "Sandbox Act", this time he seems confident.
On September 16 local time, Cruise said in an event hosted by Political News Network that his bill was "absolutely not dead", progressed beyond expectation, and criticized the initiative of the Democratic state to actively carry out science and technology legislation. He also said that if it is not passed by the relevant bill for artificial intelligence "lifting", it will ultimately only benefit U.S. rivals, "the biggest winner will be China."
“We’ve had about 20 games and I think we’ve won 19, so I feel pretty good,” Cruz said, adding that the advancement of this controversial proposal exceeded Washington’s general expectations and that the proposal eventually passed the Senate Rules Review Body’s review, with the efforts of its team being “very innovative.”
He also criticized the Democratic-dominated states, which have been the most proactive in passing technology legislation in recent years: “Are you willing to get Karen Bass (the mayor of Los Angeles) and Mamdani (the mayor of New York candidate) to formulate artificial intelligence rules?”
On September 16, Cruz participated in the "Politician News Network" event
Cruz admitted that his bill had previously been resisted because of opposition from Tennessee Republican lawmaker Martha Blackburn, who fears a state law that protects musicians from AI copyright infringement would be affected.
Cruz said that at the moment he has not communicated further with Blackburn on how to follow up on the proposal.
“She’s acting in her own way,” Cruz said, while revealing that she’s working closely with the White House.
During his current parliamentary term, Cruz has been actively pushing for AI-related affairs.He put forward a “decade suspension proposal” today in May, which directly imposes a decade suspension key on state-level AI regulation. Although the proposal was passed in the House of Representatives with a weak advantage, it was eventually vetoed in the Senate due to strong opposition from the Democratic Party and partial differences within the Republican Party.
Several Republicans have expressed strong opposition to the proposal, including Missouri senator Josh Holey, Georgia MP Marjorie Taylor Green, and conservatives Steve Bannon.
Cruise, however, did not give up.He also launched the "Sandbox Act" last week, which aims to provide an "regulatory sandbox" for AI companies.
Like the “Decade Suspension Proposal,” the “Sandbox Act” also aims to reduce regulatory restrictions on AI innovation, allowing technology companies to experiment with less regulation and mitigate the regulatory pressure faced by emerging AI technologies.
According to Cruz at a Senate hearing on September 10, “The so-called regulatory sandbox is not immortal gold, and those who develop or use artificial intelligence still have to abide by the same laws as everyone else.”
He also noted that a presidential executive order alone is not enough to ensure that the United Statesins a leading position in AI research and application, and the bill will help to further stimulate innovation.
Outside groups and Democrats were concerned that Cruz’s proposal could undermine the enforcement of existing laws, while Cruz said his bill “of course” would ensure the effectiveness of certain existing laws, such as the Consumer Safety Protection Act.
He said that if the relevant bills are not passed, artificial intelligence will only ultimately benefit U.S. opponents.
“The biggest winner is China, in the current state of no delay (regulatory) policy, why? because we will face contradictory regulatory measures,” he said.
Several officials in the Trump administration have recently expressed a strong sense of crisis about Chinese-US technology competition, especially in the field of AI.
U.S. President Donald Trump threw a new blueprint for AI development on July 23, attempting to ease environmental regulations and significantly expand AI exports to allies to maintain U.S. leadership to China in this key technology field. Vice President Watson said in the event that day that if the U.S. restricted itself to death and let China catch up, it should not be blamed on China, which was the result of the stupid policies of U.S. leaders.
Although the US has repeatedly advocated so-called "friendly" competition, the United States has taken a series of measures, including upgrading chip export controls and suppressing Chinese technology enterprises, to try to hinder China's AI technology development.
China has repeatedly stressed that the U.S. has widespread national security concepts, abused export controls and long-arm jurisdiction, maliciously blocked and suppressed Chinese chip products and artificial intelligence industries without reason, seriously violated market rules, seriously disturbed the stability of the global supply chain, seriously damaged the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises, and China will not accept this.
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