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Boston Dynamics unleashes DLA Piper on AI regulation

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Dec. 6, 2023

As Congress debates regulation of artificial intelligence, Boston Dynamics, the robotics company perhaps best known for its increasingly advanced "robot dogs," has hired its first Washington lobbying force.

DLA Piper is lobbying on "policy and legislation related to supporting the robotics industry and the intersection of robotics with artificial intelligence" for Boston Dynamics, according to a new disclosure. The lobbying work between the law firm and the Massachusetts company began last month.

Potential AI regulations have become one of Congress's most hot-button issues. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar's (D-Minn.) Artificial Intelligence Research, Innovation, and Accountability Act, touted as a bipartisan compromise, has stalled since its November introduction. Congress is expected to further prioritize AI regulation in 2024.