Sens. Warner, Tillis offer bill to bolster tracking of AI-powered cybersecurity incidents

Senate Intelligence Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) have introduced a bill to leverage and supplement existing cybersecurity vulnerability disclosure and tracking programs for use in the artificial intelligence realm, with provisions including a new “voluntary database to record AI-related cybersecurity incidents including so-called ‘near miss’ events,” according to the senators.

The bill, the “Secure Artificial Intelligence Act,” was introduced Wednesday and aims to “improve the tracking and processing of [AI] security and safety incidents and...