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‘AI accountability agenda’: US senator unveils package of bills to curb tech’s harms

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Senator Ed Markey is proposing new legislation to curb artificial intelligence's harms. According to The Guardian, his bills address energy-intensive datacenters, biased hiring algorithms, workplace surveillance, and the economic inequality as AI profits concentrate in tech companies. It's a sweeping push to regulate what Markey sees as a largely unregulated threat to workers and children.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/10/us-sen...

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