Senate Convenes Second and Third AI Briefings
Summary
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in July convened the second and third briefings in his series of all-senators AI panels. On July 11, 2023, members received a classified briefing on AI from a number of defense and intelligence officials, including Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines and Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, on the national security implications of AI and the US military’s offensive and defensive capabilities. Following the briefing, Leader Schumer outlined the need for increased collaboration with intelligence and defense agencies and stressed that the timeline for crafting comprehensive legislation is “not years, and not days and weeks, but months.”
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