Preparing CNMI Small Businesses for the Future of AI
On Tuesday, the Small Business Committee held a hearing entitled “AI on Main Street: How AI is Shaping the Future of Small Business. The hearing focused on how small businesses around the country are beginning to adopt AI into their business practices, what allows some businesses to take advantage of AI tools versus those that never get past the experimentation phase, the complex ways AI alters the labor needs of small businesses, and what policy choices should be made to maximize the benefits of AI for small business’ competitiveness and for their workers. I questioned the witnesses on what investments the Committee on Congress should be making to prepare our workforce to take advantage of the benefits AI brings. AI adoption is an inevitable factor in the future of the success of small businesses in the CNMI and everywhere, and I look forward to continuing to push for policies that make sure benefits our businesses and our local workforce.
