The House passed its reconciliation package with a proposed 10-year AI moratorium on a 215-214 vote Thursday (see 2505210065).
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., urged fellow senators Wednesday to investigate whether the phones they’re using are protected from surveillance. The major carriers have different policies, he wrote in a “dear colleague” letter.
Legislation introduced Tuesday by Senate Democrats would increase monetary penalties under the Privacy Act and other federal statutes in an effort to address the Department of Government Efficiency’s alleged abuses.
The House Rules Committee will consider the chamber’s reconciliation package and a potential AI moratorium at 1 a.m. E.T. Wednesday after House Budget Committee Republicans reached an agreement with House Freedom Caucus holdouts Sunday and advanced the measure. The package that House Budget considered at Friday’s markup included a provision that would set a 10-year moratorium blocking states from enforcing AI laws (see 2505140059).
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should reconsider withdrawing its proposed data broker rule given the privacy-related harms linked to data brokers, Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., said in a letter to acting Director Russell Vought on Friday.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., have signed onto the Kids Online Safety Act, its lead sponsors announced Wednesday.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Microsoft President Brad Smith will testify before the Senate Commerce Committee at Thursday’s hearing on AI competition.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Rep. John James, R-Mich., on Thursday introduced app store age-verification legislation similar to enjoined state measures in Arkansas and Ohio.
The FTC should investigate how neurotechnology companies are handling and sharing consumer data using brain-computer interface (BCI) technology, Senate Democrats said in a letter to FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson on Monday.
House Republicans have requested that DeepSeek explain how the company might be sharing U.S. consumer data with the Chinese Communist Party.