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Congress Wrestles With New Election Laws Tackling AI

Most agree artificial intelligence in elections is a problem. But nobody seems confident Congress can regulate the issue before November, and there’s no backup plan.

Amy Klobuchar
Sen. Amy Klobuchar is sponsoring three AI-election bills that moved out of committee on Wednesday. Andrew Harnik/AP

With the prospect of artificial intelligence affecting elections this fall, senators are desperate to get new laws in place addressing AI and elections now.

Nobody is entirely confident it’ll happen, and nobody seems to have a backup plan.

But the Senate is moving swiftly on AI-related election legislation. Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota has three bills on the topic, each with at least one Republican co-sponsor, and all three bills were reported out of the Senate Rules Committee Wednesday after a markup.