House bill would task NSA with developing AI security playbook to counter China

Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Ill., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, September 24, 2024. LaHood introduced legislation with colleagues from both sides of the aisle June 12 that would task the NSA with developing guidance on how to protect AI systems from threat actors. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Lawmakers are tasking the NSA with drafting a national AI security strategy to keep sensitive technologies out of the hands of foreign adversaries.

Bipartisan House members introduced legislation on Thursday that would require the National Security Agency to create an artificial intelligence “security playbook” to protect sensitive U.S. technologies from foreign adversaries like China. 

The bill was introduced by Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Ill., and co-sponsored by Reps. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., and Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J. Moolenaar is the chairman of the Select Committee on China and ...