Senate Intelligence Committee Holds AI Hearing
Summary
The Senate Intelligence Committee held a hearing to examine the national security implications of AI. The hearing featured testimony from Dr. Yann LeCun, Meta’s Chief AI Scientist, who underscored the need for governments to work together to set common AI standards and governance models, outlining the merits of US-led frameworks in driving global consensus. Prior to the hearing, Chair Mark Warner (D-VA) sent a letter to the White House urging the Administration to strengthen the federal government’s AI workforce to better examine “opportunities to harness AI technologies to meet federal objectives, while also working collaboratively with agencies to guard against AI-generated risks within their purview.”
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