Schiff introduces LIFT AI Act
senator adam schiff introduced the lift ai act, backed by openai, google, and microsoft. the bipartisan bill authorizes the nsf to award grants for k-12 ai literacy curricula, instructional materials, and teacher training. it defines ai literacy as the ability to use ai effectively, interpret outputs, and mitigate risks.
Democratic Senator Adam Schiff introduced the LIFT AI Act, a bipartisan bill endorsed by OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft. The legislation empowers the National Science Foundation director to award merit-reviewed, competitive grants to higher education institutions and nonprofits. These funds will develop K-12 curricula, instructional materials, and teacher professional development for AI literacy. The bill defines AI literacy as possessing age-appropriate skills to use AI effectively, critically interpret outputs, solve problems, and mitigate potential risks.