Congress Returns With Sweeping AI Bills Targeting Superintelligence, Health Insurance

As Congress returned from its summer recess last week, lawmakers proposed a series of artificial intelligence-related measures, including a ban on development of superintelligent AI systems and human review of health insurance decisions. The most sweeping proposal came from Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, whose Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act would order a complete halt to the development of AI systems capable of surpassing human intelligence, according to a Thursday (Sept.