US Senate ramps up AI efforts to compete with China.
A bipartisan group of US senators will introduce the Global Technology Leadership Act, which aims to establish an office that analyzes how competitive the US is in critical technologies like AI in comparison to rivals such as China. The federal entity would consist of experts from the intelligence community, the Pentagon and other relevant agencies that use both intel and private-sector commercial data to make these assessments. The legislation's authors argue that creating the office would bolster American competitiveness, inform policymakers and strengthen US leadership in strategic innovation.