Findings

Congress finds the following: (1) Artificial intelligence systems are products that shift decision-making power and responsibility away from humans to software-based systems, often without direct human oversight. (2) These products, while holding great promise, have caused and will cause harm to businesses and individuals. For example, multiple teenagers have tragically died after being exploited by an artificial intelligence chatbot. (3) Unpredictable allocations of liability jeopardize public safety and the financial well-being of both individuals and entire industries, particularly the small businesses of the United States, and adversely affect the Federal Government and taxpayers. (4) Product liability law can help to address harms caused by artificial intelligence systems that affect interstate commerce by incentivizing safety, providing certainty to artificial intelligence developers and deployers to continue to innovate, and ensuring the competitiveness of the United States. (5) A Federal products liability framework for artificial intelligence systems will remove barriers to interstate commerce and protect individuals’ due process rights. (6) This Act establishes Federal legislative guidelines for products liability without implicating expressive speech to ensure more predictable legal outcomes for individuals and industries and promotes business innovation.