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- Quinnipiac Poll: Americans Concerned About AI's Impact & Transparency
- Potential Executive Order Pushing AI Integration in K-12 Education
- Ban On DeepSeek Slow Going in Congress. Trump Administration May Move to Ban Reports NYT
- Where DeepSeek is Banned Around the USA and World
- NAIA General Counsel on The EU Artificial Intelligence Act
- NAIA Senior Advisor On How to Build a GPT for Your Hill Boss
- Big Tech is Big Spending on Lobbying
- Our Policy Team on the Hill - This Friday, April 25th
- Member Focus: CornerstoneX Agentic AI Metahuman Platform
- NAIA's Member Community Up And Running
- Attend AI+ Expo in Washington, June 2-4: NAIA Booth #633
- Become a NAIA Member Today!
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Americans Wary of AI Impact on Daily Life, See Harm to Education, Benefits to Medical Advances Expect Job Losses But Not Their Own. No Transparency!
"As artificial intelligence rapidly changes the way we live and work, Americans have mixed feelings about how AI is affecting society and have conflicting views on AI's impact on the job market, but they are in sync when it comes to concerns about AI's impact on the youngest generation and think businesses and the government are not doing enough in their roles around the technology."
Above is the opening paragraph in a recent Quinnipiac University national poll conducted with their Schools of Business and Computing & Engineering. As it relates to national public policy and Washington, the poll results showed a dramatic concern about transparency and regulation of artificial intelligence.
- Americans 73 - 13 percent think that businesses are not doing enough to be transparent about their use of AI and 14 percent did not offer an opinion.
- Americans 69 - 15 percent think that the government is not doing enough to regulate the use of AI and 16 percent did not offer an opinion.
"Americans are calling out a major trust gap when it comes to AI. There's growing frustration with companies that keep their AI practices behind closed doors, and widespread doubt that government is stepping up to regulate the technology. The message from the public is unmistakable: the transparency isn't there. Without it, confidence in both business and government erodes fast in an AI-driven world," - said Chetan Jaiswal, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Computer Science, Quinnipiac University School of Computing & Engineering
We have a lot of work to do and NAIA is here to work with you to educate our policymakers and fellow citizens. Read all the poll results HERE.
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WAPO Relays Trump Administration Planning to Issue Exec Order On AI Integration in K-12 Education
The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that a draft Executive Order was being sent around to various agencies related to directing federal agencies to begin integrating artificial intelligence into kindergarten to 12th grade educational learning.
"Titled “Advancing artificial intelligence education for American youth,” the draft order would establish a White House task force on AI education that would be chaired by Michael Kratsios, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and would include the secretaries of education, agriculture, labor and energy, as well as Trump’s special adviser for AI and cryptocurrency, David Sacks." the Washington Post relayed.
The EO would direct federal agencies to form public-private partnerships with industry, academia and nonprofit groups in efforts to teach students “foundational AI literacy and critical thinking skills.”
Read the complete article and details HERE and as NAIA's Co-Chair, Caleb Max, constantly reminds us, Executive Orders may change policy but it is always better to go through Congress and permanently become law.
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Banning DeepSeek Legislation Moving Slowly Through Congress - Trump Administration Considering Measures To Speed Up Ban
Numerous countries, states and federal agencies have already banned employees from downloading and/or using China-based DeepSeek (see below). While the "No DeepSeek On Government Devices Act", which was introduced in the House and Senate in February, sits waiting for committee hearings, the New York Times reports that the Trump Administration is considering blocking DeepSeek from purchasing US technology and ban Americans from accessing the AI tool.
The Trump Administration is also looking to further restrict Nvidia's chip sales to China (beyond the ban of H20 chips). White House AI and Cryptocurrency Tsar, David Sacks, discussed the chip export controls on the ALL-IN Podcast (HERE starting at 7:55 mark), and provided a history of preventing China's advancement in chip making (by both the Biden and Trump Administrations). He also addressed China's workarounds and plausible deniability by chipmakers selling to China-linked entities. Stay tuned as the Trump Administration continues to turn up the heat on China Tech.
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DeepSeek Ban: To date, thirteen states have now banned China's DeepSeek from being downloaded to their IT platforms and used by state employees.
The following governmental bodies have banned DeepSeek from being downloaded by employees so far:
US Dept. of Commerce, NASA, the Navy, the Pentagon, the US Congress,
States of Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Montana, South Dakota, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Oregon, North Carolina, Nevada, New York, Virginia and Texas,
Foreign governments of Denmark, South Korea, Taiwan, Italy and Australia.
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NAIA's General Counsel, Steve Britt, Releases Part 2 of 6 Part Series. Part 2 Covers The EU AI Act
NAIA is excited to share our General Counsel, Steve Britt's part two of his six-part series on artificial intelligence (“AI”) and data privacy. As Steve (or his AI clone) relays, "Just like with GDPR, the Europeans are first out of the gate on artificial intelligence. The EU AI Act applies to ANY AI System introduced into the EU market or used by EU residents, regardless of its country of development. Also like GDPR, it authorizes huge fines and penalties, so all AI developers and deployers doing business in Europe or exposing EU residents to AI technology need to know this law. Compliance is required before release and throughout the lifecycle of the system."
Click the link below to access both the video and the Part 2 commentary to learn more.
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NAIA Sr. Advisor Column "How to Build a GPT for Your Boss: A Guide for Congressional and Statehouse Staffers"
NAIA's Senior Policy Advisor, Andrew Loposser, does it again in his effort to help the overwhelmed Legislative Staffer. Those unsung heroes that make the public policy wheel turn on Capitol Hill and in every State Capitol across the country. Last week Andrew provided a step by step guide for Hill Staffers to enhance their productivity with AI (see below).
This week (HERE), Andrew writes in his Substack "The Political Playbook" recommendations on building a custom AI assistant that thinks, speaks and stays on message "like your boss". He discusses what it can and cannot do and provides an example GPT prompt that provides you with your boss's statement on a policy in 10 seconds.
Now if you subscribe to Andrew's Substack, in his second part on creating a GPT, he walks you through how he built a GPT example for Speaker Johnson (not paid for the work); how you can build one for your boss using OpenAI tools; and step-by-step instructions for training it, including how to lock in voice and block hallucinations. Again the article is HERE. Enjoy!
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Did You Miss Last Week's "AI on the Hill: A Practical Toolkit for Congressional Staffers"?
In case you missed Andrew's insightful article last week that provides Congressional Staffers with a quick guide on how ChatGPT can help staffers save time, cut through clutter and stay ahead, HERE is the link again and please share with your Capitol Hill friends and colleagues.
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Big Tech is Big Spending on Lobbying Efforts
Congress has been out of session for the last two weeks so little progress on any of the AI legislation which we are tracking. However, we did notice an interesting article (HERE) on the rise of "Big Tech" lobbying spending for the first quarter (January to March 2025) of the 119th Congressional Session. Issue One calculated the spend by Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft, ByteDance, X and Snap was $17.5 million in the first three months, almost 70% more than the same period last year (see chart above). Numerous issues to address before Congress and the Administration.
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NAIA Policy Team On the Hill This Friday
Co-Chair Caleb Max, NAIA's General Counsel Steve Britt and Senior Policy Advisors Sid Ghatak and Tim Parrish will be on Capitol Hill on Friday, April 25th meeting with and briefing Congressional Members and staff.
If you would like to schedule time with the NAIA Policy Team, please reach out to Caleb@thenaia.org
| NAIA Members: Do you have questions or comments on any of the legislation being submitted in Congress? Contact us at Membership@theNAIA.org | | |
NEW MEMBER FOCUS: CornerstoneX is a Startup Bronze Member and An Agentic AI Metahuman Platform
Based in Florida with offices in Germany and India, CornerstoneX and its' Co-Founders Chantal and Ben Bacon, quickly saw the advantage of joining NAIA and were early Members (along with their Senior Advisor David Wood of Gladwood LLC). Recently accepted into Nvidia's Inception Program, CornerstoneX is delivering the next wave of customer engagement experiences with their innovative interactive AI metahuman platform that communicates in over 50 languages. Chantal is interested in the NAIA Ethics Council and we will soon have a group active in our Community (see below) for open discussions on the topic.
| THE NAIA COMMUNITY IS LIVE | |
For the last few weeks, the NAIA Team has been building out our Glue-Up trade association platform. If you have joined NAIA as a Member, you have (or will) receive an email asking you to login to the platform and update your Membership record. This will allow you to participate in the NAIA Community (plus sign up for events, webinars, etc.).
Discussion Groups are being formed around federal and state policies, AI industry news, discussions on venture capital access, and any many other topics. Bottom line, this will be the place for NAIA Members to network, connect and brainstorm! We have kicked off with Energy, Healthcare, and Defense Discussion Groups. Note that each Group reflect a US Senate Committee and will discuss those policies along with related topics. Please join and participate!
Want to propose a discussion group? Send it to Ron@theNAIA.org
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JOIN US AT AI+ EXPO IN JUNE - BOOTH #633
Over 15,000 artificial intelligence professionals will attend the AI+ Expo on June 2 -4 at the Washington, DC Convention Center to listen and learn (and join the Hackathon?).
"The powerful purpose behind this one of a kind event is to serve as a forum for industry, government, and academic research entities to exhibit some of the latest technological breakthroughs – in AI, biotech, energy, networks, compute, microelectronics, manufacturing, augmented reality, and beyond – and discuss their implications for U.S. and allied competitiveness."
Registration is free and learn more HERE.
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