Labor-focused Senate bill seeks better data on AI’s workforce impact 

As AI adoption continues to expand across the federal government, lawmakers are considering different avenues for agencies to best evaluate the technology’s effects on the workforce. 

The AI Workforce Prepare Act, introduced Wednesday by Sens. Jim Banks, R-Ind., Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., and Jon Husted, R-Ohio, directs the Department of Labor to recruit around 20 AI experts and stand up an AI workforce research hub, among several other measures to fuel the effort. 

“We have to understand how AI is changing the workforce so we can equip American workers with the skills necessary to stay ahead of China and lead the world,” Banks said in a Thursday announcement. 

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