Bill Would Block Contractors from Selling Data Harvested with AI Tools to Third Parties

A bipartisan proposal would also clarify that the government ultimately owns the data collected by federal contractors and their artificial intelligence systems.

A coalition of bipartisan senators on Thursday introduced new legislation that would regulate data harvested by federal contractors with artificial intelligence, with a focus on facial recognition data.

Titled the Government Ownership and Oversight of Data in Artificial Intelligence, or GOOD AI, Act, the bill would establish a new working group within the Office of Management and Budget to ensure government contractors that employ machine learning to gather biometric data use it responsibly.

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