Report: The Federal Government's Attempt to Control Artificial Intelligence to Suppress Free Speech
December 18, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Judiciary Committee and its Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government released an interim report titled, "Censorship's Next Frontier: The Federal Government's Attempt to Control Artificial Intelligence to Suppress Free Speech." The interim report details threats to the free and open development of AI and identifies the free speech risks associated with the federal government's current involvement in AI development.
Key findings from the Committee and Select Subcommittee's investigation include:
Key findings from the Committee and Select Subcommittee's investigation include:
- AI offers government bureaucrats and government-partnered intermediaries the ability to mass monitor and mass censor speech at unprecedented speed and scale.
- Government censorship of AI training data, algorithms, and outputs can lead to woke, biased, and inaccurate AI-generated results.
- Regulations limiting private expressive uses of AI will impair AI development.
- The Biden-Harris Administration is coercing AI developers to censor new models and funding AI-powered censorship tools.
- Some American policymakers want to copy the European Union's onerous AI regulations.
By rejecting censorship and embracing open, decentralized AI innovation, the United States can encourage AI development in a way that respects the First Amendment. The report recommends that Congress follow four principles to protect Americans' right to free expression:
- No government involvement in private algorithm or dataset decisions on so-called "misinformation" or "bias."
- No funding for censorship-related research.
- No foreign collaboration on AI censorship regulation.
- Avoid needless AI regulation that gives the government coercive leverage.
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