AI Congressional Action Threatened by Supreme Court Chevron Blow

Setting rules on artificial intelligence just got more challenging for Congress in the wake of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision to weaken federal regulatory power.

“Make no mistake, this ruling will have wide-ranging impacts on our ability to protect the safety of the American people, including with how we regulate AI,” said Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the chamber’s bipartisan AI working group. “That’s particularly true because drafting policy around AI requires leaving room for flexibility, something that is now much more difficult thanks to the Supreme Court’s evisceration of the Chevron rule.”

For at least the past ...