🤖 House AI meeting: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise is gathering today with Republican members of the House AI task force and committee chairs over the GOP position on AI for the rest of this year and next Congress.
- Scalise spokesperson Lauren Fine described the meeting as a "first step" for the conference on AI policy.
✖️ Act of DEFIANCE: Sen. Dick Durbin's DEFIANCE Act, which would crack down on non-consensual AI pornography, failed on the Senate floor yesterday after Sen. Cynthia Lummis objected.
- "Sadly, despite the bill having bipartisan support, one member — only one member — from the other side of the aisle stood in the way and blocked its passage," Schumer said in a floor speech today. "I hope this is not the norm moving forward."
✔️ Science markup: The House Science Committee today advanced four research and technology bills by voice vote, including the NSF and USDA Interagency Research Act and the EPIC Act.
