Congress to hold new AI hearings as it works to craft safeguards
The Hindu
U.S. Senate to hold three hearings on AI next week, including one with Microsoft President and Nvidia chief scientist. Draft of bipartisan legislative framework released to establish guardrails for AI. House Oversight subcommittee to look at potential risks of federal agency adoption of AI. Senate Commerce subcommittee to discuss need for transparency in AI. Top tech execs and experts to help shape legislation to protect against AI harms.
Congress next week will hold three hearings on artificial intelligence, including one with Microsoft President Brad Smith and Nvidia chief scientist William Daly as Congress works on legislation to mitigate the dangers of the emerging technology.
A Senate Judiciary subcommittee is holding a hearing on Tuesday titled “Oversight of AI: Legislating on Artificial Intelligence."
"Top industry executives and leading experts will help us shape legislation to protect against AI harms," Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat who chairs the panel, said on Friday.
Blumenthal and the top Republican on the panel, Josh Hawley, on Friday released a draft of a bipartisan legislative framework to establish guardrails for artificial intelligence that would lay out "specific principles for upcoming legislative efforts, including the establishment of an independent oversight body, ensuring legal accountability for harms, defending national security, promoting transparency, and protecting consumers and kids."
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will separately host tech leaders and experts at a Wednesday AI forum including Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
A House Oversight subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thursday that will look at potential risks in federal agency adoption of AI along with the adequacy of safeguards to protect individual privacy and ensure fair treatment.
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