Tech briefs: Warner, Kaine seeking information on AI-related job losses

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Virginia’s U.S. Senate delegation signed on to a bipartisan letter last week pushing government agencies to expand data collection and public reporting on what impact artificial intelligence is having on the country’s workforce.

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., led the group in writing the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census Bureau that policymakers and researchers will need reliable federal data to understand coming changes as AI rapidly becomes more enmeshed in industries, according to a news release from Warner’s office.

Warner’s colleague, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and six other senators from both sides of the congressional aisle signed it.

“The emergence of autonomous technologies, including agentic AI and robotics integrating AI, present opportunities for a dramatic shift in the nature of work,” they wrote. “However, reporting from across the private sector, academia, and media depict an uncertain picture of artificial intelligence’s current and potential impact on the workforce, with some use cases demonstrating a high probability of job disruption and others making the case for employment growth.

“Recent reporting has generated an increased focus on artificial intelligence’s effect on new labor entrants. As such, it is imperative that the federal government serves as an agile, objective, and reliable source of information regarding the significant labor market changes that this technological advancement presents.”

Warner and Hawley had previously teamed on the AI-Related Job Impacts Clarity Act, which would require major companies and federal agencies to report AI-related…

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