Plus, the future of affirmative action in higher education.
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Brookings Brief

January 29, 2024

Senator Chuck Schumer and Senator Todd Young speak to media after the conclusion of an Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum
How Congress can secure Biden’s AI legacy

 

Despite a series of actions and proposals to regulate artificial intelligence (AI), national guardrails on AI have stalled without congressional support. With the election season underway, what will be done to operationalize President Biden’s recent executive order on the issue, and will Congress be able to advance near-term bipartisan AI legislation?

 

In a new commentary, Nicol Turner Lee and Jack Malamud outline what actions the White House has taken to ensure more secure and trustworthy AI and what Congress should do next.

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A key point

 
“Lingering proposals and the failure to act will only encourage bad actors to fill the AI space with algorithms subject to few rules and inadequate human guardrails.”

– Nicol Turner Lee and Jack Malamud
 

The future of affirmative action in higher education

 

Can a class-based approach to affirmative action work after the Supreme Court struck down race-based college admissions policies?

 

In a recent opinion piece for the Washington Post, Phillip Levine and Sarah Reber look at the challenges for colleges and universities. The authors highlight takeaways from their recent Brookings report, which simulated several class-based affirmative action policies to understand their potential effects on racial diversity, as well as the monetary costs.

 
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