Michigan Senator Introduces Bill to Restrict Pentagon's Use of AI in Military Operations

Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin introduces landmark legislation to restrict the Pentagon's use of AI in military operations, prohibiting autonomous kill decisions, mass surveillance of Americans, and AI-controlled nuclear weapons, as tensions between the Defense Department and AI firm Anthropic highlight the urgent need for clear legal boundaries.

• Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat, introduces a five-page bill aimed at regulating the Pentagon's use of artificial intelligence, marking an early congressional effort to set boundaries on military AI.
• The bill seeks to codify existing Defense Department guidelines into law, prohibiting AI from autonomously deciding to kill targets, conducting mass surveillance on Americans, or being used to launch or detonate nuclear weapons.
• The legislation comes amid ongoing tensions between the Pentagon and AI company Anthropic, with Slotkin arguing that clear laws could have prevented a costly dispute that is now forcing the military to remove Anthropic technology from classified systems.