Congress ramps up push to arm consumer product regulators with AI tools

Congress ramps up push to arm consumer product regulators with AI tools

A move to empower federal consumer product regulators with artificial intelligence tools picked up steam this week with the introduction of a bipartisan Senate bill whose companion has already passed the House. The Consumer Safety Technology Act from Sens. John Curtis, R-Utah, and Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., calls on the Consumer Product Safety Commission to create a pilot program that uses AI to track product injury trends, identify hazards, …