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Human involvement in artificial intelligence is essential to “safeguard” constitutional rights and civil liberties, according to a new report from the bipartisan House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence released on Tuesday.

The task force is co-chaired by Reps. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., and Ted Lieu, D-Calif.

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office said in a statement that he and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries “established the Bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence to ensure America continues leading in this strategic arena.”

One of the key recommendations in the 250-page report is ensuring humans are “in the loop to actively identify and remedy potential flaws when AI is used in highly consequential decision-making.”

The importance of promoting “AI literacy” 

The authors of the report argue human involvement is “necessary to safeguard the constitutional rights and civil liberties of Americans affected by AI systems, whether those systems are used by government or private entities.”

Another recommendation is improving private sector engagement in the development of industry-led technical standards for artificial intelligence that could “help provide a rigorous technical basis to guide the proper use of AI systems in decision-making.”

According to the report, technical standards will be “critical to maximizing transparency, control, evaluation, and accountability of AI systems to foster public trust in AI and lower the chances of producing harmful results.”

The report also emphasized the importance of promoting “AI literacy” across the U.S. “AI literacy is critical in empowering the American public to responsibly use and respond to AI technologies. The United States will need to promote a basic understanding of AI technologies and their societal impact, akin to basic digital literacy,” the report read. 

“Continued federal support for existing programs and methods to equitably scale AI to classroom settings will be critical to incorporating AI into our country’s school systems,” it also read.

The report suggested that federal agencies offer “support for professional development and teacher preparation on using these technologies in the classroom, especially in a manner consistent with the student’s learning goals.”