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R48909 Artificial Intelligence: CRS Products 2026-04-14T04:00:00Z 2026-04-17T15:08:05Z Active Reports Laurie Harris, Rachael D. Roan   Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies—including machine learning, generative AI (GenAI), and facial recognition—are demonstrating potential benefits across a variety of sectors of the U.S. economy. At the same time, the rapid innovation in and proliferation of AI tools have generated concern over their potential disruptive effects, such as generation and dissemination of misinformation, potential shifts in jobs and employment opportunities, and social, ethical, and security risks. Over the past few Congresses, Members have considered a variety of policies and legislation associated with AI technologies and their applications. With interest in AI remaining high, Congress may continue to engage in AI policymaking. To support Congress, CRS has assembled a list of policy experts and legal points of contact who can assist with issues related to AI. The contact list is available in CRS Report R48262, Artificial Intelligence: CRS Experts and Points of Contact, coordinated by Laurie Harris. Additional written and audiovisual CRS products on AI-related policy and legal issues, legislation, and executive branch actions are presented here, in the following categories: AI Overview: Technology and Regulation—products that provide background information on AI in general, including a taxonomy of AI terminology, cross-sector issues, and topics related to AI regulation and governance. Generative AI—products that focus on the subset of GenAI technologies; GenAI refers to AI models trained on large volumes of data that are able to generate new content, such as text, images, videos, computer code, or music. AI and Biological Sciences—products that cover the intersection of AI and the biological sciences, including engineering biology and biological design, as well as aspects of laboratory automation and design. AI and Defense—products that cover the intersection of AI and the defense sector, including emerging technologies used by the military. AI, Economics, and Labor—products that cover AI’s effect on the economy and labor. AI and Elections—products that cover the intersection of AI and campaign finance policies and laws, including AI use in election campaign advertising. Facial Recognition and Biometric Technologies—products that cover facial recognition and biometric technologies, including applications for their use and examples of use by federal agencies. AI and Finance—products that cover the use of algorithms and AI technologies to provide financial services. AI and Health Care—products that cover applications of AI use that are relevant to health care and selected U.S. Department of Health and Human Services AI-related activities. AI and Infrastructure—products that cover AI infrastructure, including data centers, semiconductors, and cloud computing infrastructure for AI development and AI-enabled services. AI and Patents—products that cover the intersection of AI and patents, including patent-eligible subject matter reform and issues about AI patentability, such as whether inventions made using AI are patentable or inventions about AI are patentable. AI and Right of Publicity—products that cover issues related to AI and the protection of “right of publicity,” often defined as a legal right to prevent unauthorized commercial uses of a person’s name, image, likeness, or voice. https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/R/PDF/R48909/R48909.1.pdf https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/R/HTML/R48909.html

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