The legislation from Sens. Todd Young, R-Ind., and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., is a companion to a House bill that passed out of committee late last year.

The bipartisan legislation from Sens. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Todd Young, R-Ind., would refresh the federal program for the first time since its 2023 expiration.

The bicameral legislative effort would task the intelligence agency with producing cyber-focused guidance to secure AI systems and ward off foreign threats.

The bipartisan bill comes as House Republicans want to give the agency $500 million for AI and modernization while also barring enforcement of state-level AI regulations.

The legislation would establish a nonprofit foundation to help NIST utilize partnerships with the private sector.

The initiative to bolster quantum research partly expired Sept. 30, 2023. A House bill of the same name advanced out of committee last year.

The Chief Data Officers Council would be required to report to Congress on best practices for data management related to emerging technology and AI, among other things.

Five bills from Senate AI Caucus co-chair Mike Rounds, R-S.D., proposals touching health, financial services and defense.

The terms would provide federal incentives for SK hynix’s work building a packaging and R&D facility for artificial intelligence products.

The roadmap for artificial intelligence policy encourages the executive branch and appropriators to support $32 billion in annual innovation funding.