Hawley-Blumenthal Bill Lets Americans Sue AI Firms Over Data

Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced a bill Monday that would give individuals the right to sue AI companies that use their personal data or creative works without consent. They introduced the AI Accountability and Personal Data Protection Act following a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing in which Hawley accused OpenAI, Meta, and other companies of mass copyright infringement. In a statement, the senator called it “the largest intellectual property