During an interview [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvvLyCLsw3I] at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore last Wednesday, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo made the case for setting artificial intelligence (AI) standards with like-minded allies. She began by emphasizing the importance of the field, noting that

Five Republican Senators – Tom Cotton (R-AR), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) -- sent a letter [https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-colleagues-call-on-secretary-raimondo-to-blacklist-companies-that-provide-ai-technology-to-the-