Artificial intelligence ‘framework' bill filed for Kentucky government
FRANKFORT, Ky. (FOX 56) — The deadline has passed for new bills in the Kentucky Senate. Among the priority bills filed Tuesday is a framework for how artificial intelligence can be used in state government.
'This is the beginning of the conversation, and it's hard to navigate the space exactly right,' Sen. Amanda Mays Bledsoe (R-Lexington) told FOX 56 News.
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Artificial intelligence technology is evolving by the day, and lawmakers are making it a priority to create some guidelines for how the technology is used within the state government and all the different agencies that keep Kentucky running.
'There's great tools that we can use to improve services and customer relationships, constituent relationships as a state, and I hope that will lean into that space and be more efficient as a state government,' Bledsoe said.
After co-chairing the General Assembly's AI task force over the last year, Sen. Amanda Mays Bledsoe has filed Senate Bill 4. Fellow co-chair Rep. Josh Bray has filed an identical bill in his chamber. The bill would outline the ways the state government can use higher-risk predictive or generative AI, set up a standards committee deciding where the technology is appropriate, and require cabinets to disclose how they use it and where they'd suggest using it.
'The bill is strong; there's a lot in the bill. And yet we also decided not to go as far as we could have gone in some of the free speech areas,' Bledsoe said.
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Another portion of the bill addresses elections and would require disclosure of AI-generated material but would not expressly prohibit it in political messaging. As for the AI tools available to almost everyone else, such as ChatGPT, this bill would not touch. Bledsoe hopes Congress can take the lead in that area.
'I really hope they take a look this year in trying to provide some consumer protection and a framework for AI federally in the private sector so we can just maintain really what we're doing for state government here in Kentucky,' she said.
The bill now begins the legislative process.
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