Senate Holds First Closed-Door AI Forum

September 13, 2023

United StatesU.S. Congress

Summary

The Senate held a closed-door forum on September 13, 2023, which featured attendance by over 60 senators and a number of top executives, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. In remarks following the forum, Leader Schumer highlighted several areas of consensus among participants, including the need for the government to play a role in regulating AI; federal assistance to encourage sustainable innovation; and implementation of guardrails to address issues like bias and worker education. While the Majority Leader pointed to some participants’ voluntary commitments made with the White House, he outlined the need to implement rules of the road for “rogue companies” who will “seek the lowest common denominator.” The series is expected to include another session in September, followed by two in October.

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