Vought ducks Dems’ questions about CFPB website deletions, source says
A source with the Senate Banking Committee Democrats said the acting CFPB director hasn’t responded to a June 22 letter about the disappearance of 15 years of…
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USDA would get more AI grants, research, farmer education under new Senate bill
The bipartisan legislation, sponsored by Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., would make American farmers more competitive on the global market.
Amid AI boom, Senate Democrats eye agency-led push to protect workers
A bill from Sens. Blunt Rochester, Hirono and Schiff charges the departments of Labor, Commerce and Education with studying AI’s effect on the workforce and awarding grants…
Congress ramps up push to arm consumer product regulators with AI tools
The Consumer Safety Technology Act also calls for a Commerce-FTC study on how blockchain can protect consumers from fraud. The companion bill passed the House in July.
Fed chair sees AI creating ‘significant changes’ to US workforce
Jerome Powell told lawmakers that the technology’s impact on the economy is “probably not great” now, but it has the “potential to make really dramatic changes.”