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September 7, 2023

Representative Ted Lieu made history this year when, in January, he introduced the first-ever piece of federal legislation written by AI. Using ChatGPT, he prompted the technology to write a comprehensive congressional resolution in his own style and voice, expressing support for Congress to regulate AI. Out came a resolution that he didn’t even need to edit.


September 7, 2023

Lawmakers in Washington don’t need to be tech experts to regulate artificial intelligence, but they also don’t have the expertise to regulate it on their own, according to Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.).


August 31, 2023

U.S. Reps. Ted Lieu (D-Los Angeles) and Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-New Mexico) re-introduced the 21st Century Federal Writers’ Project Act on Aug. 24 to create a new grant program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor to hire America’s unemployed and underemployed journalists and writers to document the American experience.


July 13, 2023

California Representative Ted Lieu thoroughly debunked the Republican talking point that the FBI has been weaponized against them by pointing out the obvious: The Trump administration was already packed with “criminals.”


July 5, 2023

Two leading congressional AI proponents, Rep. Ted Lieu, a California Democrat, and Rep. Ken Buck, a Colorado Republican, are working to boost the federal government’s ability to foster AI innovation


June 27, 2023

Congressional Democrats on Monday reignited an effort to pass federal legislation outlawing the discredited practice of “conversion therapy,” which is a scientifically discredited practice that aims to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.


June 21, 2023

A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the House and Senate wants Congress to set up a blue ribbon commission to study artificial intelligence, with an eye to developing regulations or government oversight of the technology.


June 21, 2023

A bipartisan group of lawmakers are backing creating a federal commission to develop a strategy for regulating artificial intelligence, the latest addition to a growing crop of legislative proposals tackling new AI tools like ChatGPT.


June 21, 2023

A bipartisan House bill introduced Tuesday would create a commission to review, recommend and establish regulations for artificial intelligence (AI) technology. 


June 7, 2023

On May 16, a Senate subcommittee held its first congressional hearing on artificial intelligence. While the tech industry touts AI's many benefits - personalized learning, content creation, scientific discovery - the technology's risks have also come into focus: disinformation, job loss, and, some experts warn, AI could be an existential threat to humanity. Now Congress is paying attention.