US Democrats Propose Bill on Military Use of AI

Washington (ANTARA) - US Democratic Party members will introduce a bill to regulate the use of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) for military purposes, Axios reported on Friday.

The bill, titled the ‘Responsible Artificial Intelligence in Defense Act’, will be introduced on 8 June by two senators, Chris Coons and Jack Reed, according to the news portal’s report.

Under the bill, the US Department of Defense (Pentagon) will be required to ensure that AI systems used for military purposes remain under human supervision and can be manually deactivated or overridden.

These provisions will remain in effect until AI reaches what is described as a ‘reliability threshold’.

The bill will also prohibit mass surveillance of the public within US territory using AI assistance.

Furthermore, AI will not be permitted to have the authority to make decisions regarding the launch of nuclear weapons.

According to the Axios report, lawmakers were prompted to introduce the bill following disputes between the US Department of Defense and Anthropic regarding the use of the company’s AI technology in classified or highly sensitive environments.