In one paragraph
The AI-WISE Act would direct the Small Business Administration to create educational modules on artificial intelligence tools for small businesses and make them publicly available on an existing SBA online learning platform. Topics include how AI models work and their limits, spotting AI-generated output, managing AI risks and user-input privacy, keeping humans in important decisions, and judging whether a tool is worth adopting. An advisory working group and NIST would help keep it accurate, and SBA resource partners would spread the word. The House passed it by voice vote on January 20, 2026.
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What it means for business
No obligations: if enacted, small businesses would get SBA training materials on choosing and using AI tools.
Key provisions
- New Small Business Act section 49: SBA must create and maintain public AI educational resources and modules for small businesses
- Ten topics, including model limits, identifying AI-generated outputs, risk management, input privacy, human involvement in decisions and evaluating whether a tool fills a need
- Accuracy kept up through consultation with NIST and an Advisory Working Group of AI experts and small-business outreach experts (not subject to FACA)
- SBA resource partners help publicize the modules and may build specialized local training
- House Small Business Committee reported it 27-0; the House passed it by voice vote January 20, 2026; referred to Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship January 26, 2026
Latest legislative action
Jan 26, 2026. Received in the Senate; referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
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