Commerce Department Seeks Public Comments on Regulating AI Tools

Agencies across the federal government are taking steps to regulate artificial intelligence, seeking to promote safety and minimize the technology’s harms, as the overnight explosion of AI tools such as ChatGPT spurs scrutiny from policymakers around the globe. The Commerce Department took its most significant action to address the emerging technology, when it asked the public to weigh in on how it could create regulations that would ensure AI systems work as advertised.