AI Workforce PREPARE Act

This bill would require federal agencies to collect more data on how artificial intelligence (AI) affects jobs and to forecast those effects. It would create an AI Workforce Research Hub in the Department of Labor, let the department hire up to 20 AI experts under special rules, add AI questions to several federal surveys, and set up a voluntary program for companies to share anonymized data on AI use. Employers giving required advance notice of a mass layoff would have to state whether AI was a substantial factor and estimate how much of the job loss it caused. The bill would also fund prize competitions for AI benchmarks and forecasts, require yearly employment forecasts for at least 15 occupations, and order a study of a possible assistance program for workers displaced by AI.

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Sponsors

• Jim Banks Republican sponsor
• 4 cosponsors