Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Oversight of AI
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the oversight of AI featuring testimony from Microsoft President Brad Smith, who outlined the need to use federal procurement rules to facilitate innovation and called for “requiring federal contractors to self-attest, as a condition of bidding on federal contracts.” Moreover, Smith outlined the need to license cloud infrastructure providers to ensure safe deployment of AI models.
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