Comprehensive AI policy comes down to common sense, and that includes prioritizing Small Business realities in crafting an effective rules, laws, and regulations.
FEB. 17 | This week, NSBA sent a letter to the House Bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) outlining recommendations for lawmakers to consider in creating a framework for AI regulation.
As businesses increasingly adopt AI, small-business owners have demonstrated concerns that pertain to compliance, even in the absence of a federal legislative framework for AI regulation. Many small-business owners have expressed concern that technology regulations could harm their businesses and reported that their businesses would face challenges complying with existing proposed AI regulations at the state level.
Moreover, in its December 2024 report, the House task force found that small businesses may not only lack sufficient access to capital and AI resources, but also that they may lack a full understanding of how to best adopt AI systems.
Accordingly, NSBA recommends lawmakers, led by the task force, create a framework for regulating AI that considers barriers small businesses may face in adopting AI, including but not limited to knowledge barriers, concerns over legal and compliance issues as well as costs, and shortfalls in employee training for an increasing digital economy.
Read our full letter here, and follow NSBA as we continue tracking this important matter and its evolution in Congress, including developments on AI policy taking shape in both the House and Senate.
