Republicans want changes from HHS on AI assurance labs
Healthcare IT News December 3, 2024
Four GOP members of Congress are asking Micky Tripathi and ASTP/ONC to halt efforts toward government-administered artificial intelligence safety testing, and “walk back support” for a lab model proposed by the Coalition for Health AI.
Some members of Congress are asking the U.S. Health and Human Services to back away from a years-long effort to establish government-administered artificial intelligence assurance labs and create an AI assurance lab model in partnership with industry.
“We are writing to express our significant concerns with the potential role of assurance labs in the regulatory oversight of artificial intelligence technologies, and how this will lead to regulatory capture and stifle innovation,” Reps. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., and Dr. Mariannette...