Congress wants to regulate the technology but it is still in the early stages

Sen. Charles Schumer, a Democrat of New York, and the Taskforce on Artificial Intelligence (GOII): A Summary of an Update

The lawmakers in both parties want to stop the fast growing technology which can now generate realistic sounding text and images. Senator Charles Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader, said he was working on legislation that would address the risks that artificial intelligence poses while allowing innovation to flourish.

The New York Democrat is in the earliest stages of talking to members of his own party and Republicans to gauge their interest in getting behind a new proposed AI law.

“Our goal is to maximize the good that can come of [artificial intelligence],” Schumer said. “And there can be tremendous good, but minimize the bad that can come of it. … But to do it is more easier said than done.”

Monday night, a bipartisan group of House members will host a top industry figure for a joint dinner. On Tuesday, a Senate panel will hold a hearing to consider new oversight of the technology.

Ajunwa said there isn’t enough computer science and law experts on Capitol Hill making it more challenging to create artificial intelligence.

She and some industry experts say AI should instead be called “automated decision-making” to reflect the human decision-making — including values and biases — embedded in it.

“For me right now, the power of AI to influence elections is a huge concern,” Hawley said. “I think we have to figure out what the threat level is, and then what can we reasonably do about it?”

The subpanel that is going to hold Tuesday’s hearing is chaired by Sen. Richard Blumenthal. Sam Altman, CEO of Openai, the company that created the chat bot, will testify for the first time.

Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., will hold at least one hearing on artificial intelligence during his time in the Senate.

Peters argues that Congress has already seen some progress passing legislation related to AI, including four bills that Peters wrote during the last Congress.

“We’re going to continue to focus on that in Homeland Security,” he said. “We had a hearing last month. We will have another one later this month.

Towards the First Act of Government Laws Concerning Artificial Intelligence: Lieu, Ajunwa, and Kamala Harris

Lieu has introduced the first piece of federal legislation written by Artificial Intelligence. Lieu said he asked the bot how he should write a resolution pushing for regulation of artificial intelligence.

“You have all sorts of harms in the future that we do not know about, and so I think Congress should look at ways to regulate,” Lieu told reporters just before introducing the legislation.

Ajunwa is worried about the privacy issues of artificial intelligence, since he wrote a book about its influence on the modern workplace. She says key questions are not being asked about the technology’s impact on disadvantaged people, while the focus remains on profits.

The European Union is already years ahead of the U.S. in regulation efforts, which Ajunwa believes may be a better bet for the White House.

It is an indication that A.I. is growing fast and that there are signs of human reasoning in Microsoft’s technology.

He said that he empathised with people who were afraid of A.I. There are going to be issues beyond what we are prepared for and I am worried that it will be far beyond anything we can do. He’s expected to say in his testimony that “the regulation of A.I. is essential.”

Enforcement agencies are also staying vigilant: Lina Khan, the F.T.C.’s chair, warned recently of potential anticompetitive practices by tech giants pursuing A.I., as well as of potential fraud enabled by new products.

This month, Vice President Kamala Harris met with top A.I. executives, including Mr. Altman, as the Biden administration said it supported legislative efforts to create new rules and government investment.

Sam Altman: The C.E.O. of OpenAI and the First Testimony Before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee

As the C.E.O. of OpenAI, Sam Altman has become one of the most prominent evangelists for the next generation of artificial intelligence offerings. No tech product has captured the public’s imagination like ChatGPT has, inspiring hope and fear about its transformative powers.

Mr. Altman will be giving his first appearance before a Senate judiciary subcommittee when he testifies today, his company and its rivals are rushing to create a new generation of technologies, and how they should be regulated.