Senator Banks says at hearing bill directs Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics to build better data forecasting AI workforce impact and help businesses avoid being left behind

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety Chairman Jim Banks of Indiana says opening a hearing on the impact of artificial intelligence on the workforce that workforce training happens on the job and entry-level workers are hired not just to do their jobs but to gain experience and grow into advanced roles, that if those opportunities dry up young workers cannot access the first rung of their career ladders, and that the AI Workforce Prepare Act he introduced with Senators Hickenlooper, Husted, and Hassan directs the Census and Bureau of Labor Statistics to build better data to forecast AI's workforce impact.