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Members of Congress on Thursday are rolling out tech policy legislation focused on quantum research and AI in elections.
Here's a look at the two bills, both shared first with Axios:
Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act: This bipartisan bill led by Sen. Amy Klobuchar and co sponsored by Sens. Josh Hawley, Chris Coons and Susan Collins bans the use of AI to make "materially deceptive content" about federal candidates in political ads.
- "Voters deserve transparency and it's clear we need rules of the road in place to stop the use of fraudulent AI-generated content in campaign ads," Klobuchar said in a statement.
- "This commonsense, bipartisan legislation would update our laws to prohibit these deceptive ads from being used to mislead voters no matter what party they belong to," she added.
- Last year's version of the bill made it past the Rules Committee.
International Quantum Research Exchange Act: Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Todd Young lead this bipartisan bill, which would create "international research exchanges with like-minded allies and partners" for quantum.
- The legislation would authorize the State Department to fund programs with other countries that have signed quantum agreements with the U.S.
- In FY26, $20 million would be authorized for the programs.
- "Quantum innovation is crucial to our national security priorities, including protecting our supply chains and ensuring we don't rely on China for critical technologies," Young said in a statement.
