Artificial intelligence is the next technology that could get support — and new guardrails — from the US government, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said. 

“Like we helped move the nation forward on chips in a good way that will help American jobs, the American economy and the American people, we’re going to try to do the same type of stuff on AI,” Schumer said in a brief interview.

“We have to do something. This is a very very serious problem and issue before the country,” Schumer said. “We don’t want to let China get ahead of us, but at the same time, we’ve got to make sure there’s safety and protection.”