Lawmakers Pen Oversight Letters to the Biden Administration
Summary
On July 12, 2024, Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR), Peter Welch (D-VT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) penned a letter urging the Biden administration to address the consolidation of genAI by tech companies like Amazon, Microsoft and Google. In the letter, the lawmakers called for sustained action from the FTC and DOJ to investigate and combat these practices. On July 11, 2024, House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Chair John Moolenaar (R-MI) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul (R-TX) sent a letter to the Biden administration calling for a classified briefing on sensitive U.S. technology being accessed by the CCP through the Microsoft-G42 partnership. Both members emphasized the importance of limiting the CCP’s global influence, particularly in the Middle East, while also expressing support for mitigating risks associated with critical AI technology transfers. They called for an Intelligence Community assessment of G42’s connections to the CCP, the People’s Liberation Army and other PRC entities.
