MARKEY, HEINRICH, ESHOO, BEYER INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO INVESTIGATE, MEASURE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Washington, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Don Beyer issued the following press release:

Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), founder and co-chair of the Senate AI Caucus and a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Representative Anna Eshoo (CA-16), co-chair of the House AI Caucus, and Representative Don Beyer (VA-08), vice-chair of the House AI Caucus, today introduced the Artificial Intelligence Environmental Impacts Act of 2024. The legislation would direct the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop standards to measure and report the full range of artificial intelli...