Tech Bills of the Week: Expanding AI education via NSF; Commerce public awareness campaign; and more

Encouraging diversity in AI workforce training

Reps. Valerie Foushee, D-N.C., and Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, teamed up to introduce the Expanding AI Voices Act, a new bill that codifies the National Science Foundation’s ExpandAI program. The NSF initiative increases access to artificial intelligence education and workforce development.

The bill accomplishes this by:

• Expanding access to minority-serving Institutions, rural universities and first-generation students.
• Linking ExpandAI with eligible awardees and participants in the NSF’s National AI Research Institutes.
• Incorporating activities that integrate “ethical and responsible practices and principles” into AI education and related disciplines. 

In a press release, Foushee said “as Artificial Intelligence rapidly transforms our economy and society, Congress must ensure that working Americans and communities across the country can participate in, and benefit from the jobs and opportunity that AI creates.”

Commerce asked to launch a PSA on AI

Reps. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., and Nanette Barragán, D-Calif., formally ...