In a 200-point national agenda proposed for the new U.S. Congress, in which Democrats will have the advantage starting in January, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has called for comprehensive federal digital protections. They cover privacy, artificial intelligence (AI) safety and data centers.
Pritzker’s plan has three prongs: strengthening digital privacy through lasting federal privacy legislation; establishing federal requirements for AI risk assessment, testing and monitoring; and promoting digital infrastructure by requiring data centers to use energy and water sparingly. Pritzker also said that any federal action should build on state initiatives and should not undermine the progress Illinois and other states have already made on these issues.
In July, Illinois joined New York and California as the third state to pass regulations on artificial intelligence aimed at the most advanced AI models, those generating more than $500 million in annual revenue. It is not known what action Congress will take, or whether President Donald Trump, who has so far taken a hands-off approach to artificial intelligence, will be interested in signing such a bill.
Senate Bill 0315, which established the regulatory framework for AI in Illinois and which Pritzker signed this year, is intended to increase transparency and prevent catastrophic risk. The law defines that as a foreseeable, material risk that, as a result of a single event, will lead to the death or serious injury of more than 50 people or cause property damage exceeding $1 million.
No comprehensive federal regulatory framework currently exists. In September, Trump signed an executive order renaming artificial intelligence “superintelligence” and reached a superintelligence agreement with the leaders of OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google, XAI and Nvidia. The agreement, a voluntary, nonbinding commitment, calls on companies to regulate themselves, set up internal teams to monitor capabilities and exercise oversight, use independent external audits, and create a board-level committee to oversee both internal and external reports.
Also in September, a former researcher at Anthropic and OpenAI said that AI companies are building a tool that could pose a threat to the existence of humanity before the end of this decade.
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Source: Polski.FM
