Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz introduced a bill on Wednesday that would let artificial intelligence companies apply for exemptions from federal regulation to help them experiment in developing new technology.
Cruz leads the Senate Commerce Committee, which is scheduled to hold a subcommittee hearing on Wednesday about ways Congress can lower regulatory hurdles for the tech industry to give U.S. companies a boost in competing with China.
“A regulatory sandbox is not a free pass. People creating or using AI still have to follow the same laws as everyone else,” Cruz said at the hearing.