WASHINGTON. D.C. – U.S. Sen. John Curtis (R-UT) has joined Sen. Chuck Grassley (D-IA) to introduce bipartisan legislation into the 119th Congress to protect whistleblowers from the artificial intelligence industry.

Their proposal – dubbed the AI Whistleblowers Protection Act -- would safeguard employees of AI companies who courageously come forward to report legal violations, security failures or risks to public safety from the threat of legal or workplace retaliation, according to Curtis.

AI has enormous potential,” the junior Utah senator explains. “It’s critical that the United States continue to lead the world in its development. But innovation and accountability have to go hand in hand.

“The people working directly with these systems are often the first to recognize when something has gone wrong,” Curtis adds. “They should be able to report serious legal, security or public safety concerns without risking their careers or being silenced by a non-disclosure agreement.”

Concerns about the AI industry on Capitol Hill have been feuled in recent weeks by the example of Jacob Coxon, an artificial intelligence researcher, who recently resigned form the AI firm Anthropic.

Coxon has called for a slowdown on AI development, claiming that people working on the technology are genuinely frightened about the speed of its advancement and what that could mean for humanity.

Curtis’ staff members in the Senate report that as increasingly powerful AI systems are developed and deployed,...

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