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119-hr-10152119th CongressWALLET

Open-Source AI Leadership Act

Sponsored By: Representative Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8]

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Summary

Promote adoption of qualified open artificial intelligence models. This bill would direct the Secretary of Commerce to coordinate federal, state, and private efforts to support U.S.-developed open AI models and to evaluate risks from open models linked to foreign adversaries.

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  • U.S. developers, startups, federal agencies, states, and qualified foreign partners would get coordinated support. Commerce would identify adoption barriers, enter agreements with partners, and use its programs to encourage qualified open model use.
  • Commerce would assess risks from foreign-adversary open models. The assessment covers data access by adversaries, supply chain and security vulnerabilities, output accuracy, and risks of misuse including chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear concerns.
  • Requires a public risk and adoption report within 18 months and then annually. The publication requirement sunsets after 10 years.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Annual review of foreign AI models

If enacted, the Secretary of Commerce would assess risks from open AI models tied to covered foreign nations and publish a public report within 18 months and then every year. The assessment must address training risks, risks to confidentiality and integrity of personal and proprietary data, organizational security and supply chain resilience, model outputs (including historical accuracy and effects on scientific inquiry and expression), efficacy of safety features, and risks related to chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear capabilities. Each report would include adoption trends, cost/capability/performance of leading foreign adversary models, and, where available, comparisons with qualified open models. The bill would also say that nothing in it authorizes the Secretary to ban or make open AI models unavailable in interstate or foreign commerce. The publication requirement would end 10 years after enactment.

Commerce program for open AI models

If enacted, the Commerce Department would create a program to promote and support "qualified open models" in interstate and foreign commerce. The Secretary would name a single point of contact and work with companies, startups, other agencies, States, and qualified foreign partners. The Department would review its programs, identify and address barriers to adoption, enter into agreements, develop policy recommendations, and identify ways to monitor adoption and use. The bill would also define key terms like "open AI model," "qualified open model," "U.S. person," and "qualified foreign partner."

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8]

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Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

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