Musk, Zuckerberg, and Gates to join US senators for AI forum. The Senate’s top Democrat is inviting Tesla (TSLA.O) CEO Elon Musk, Meta Platforms (META.O) CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Alphabet (GOOGL.O) CEO Sundar Pichai to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a closed-door forum on artificial intelligence safeguards.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that legislating on artificial intelligence is one of the most complicated and vital issues Congress has ever confronted.
After OpenAI’s ChatGPT was released, the nascent technology has seen a surge in investment and consumer acceptance. Lawmakers are trying to reduce its risks.
Lawmakers seek protections against deepfakes, electoral manipulation, and vital infrastructure threats.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Nvidia (NVDA.O) CEO Jensen Huang, Microsoft (MSFT.O) CEO Satya Nadella, IBM (IBM.N) CEO Arvind Krishna, former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, and Senators Mike Rounds, Martin Heinrich, and Todd Young are also expected.
Schumer, who discussed AI with Musk in April, wants guests to discuss “why Congress must act, what questions to ask, and how to build a consensus for safe innovation.” Sessions run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET.
Musk and other AI researchers and CEOs urged a six-month freeze on creating systems stronger than OpenAI’s GPT-4 in March, citing social hazards.
Congress is having three AI hearings this week. On Tuesday, Microsoft President Brad Smith advised a Senate Judiciary panel to “require safety brakes for AI that controls or manages critical infrastructure.”
Smith likened AI protections to building circuit breakers, school bus emergency brakes, and aviation collision avoidance systems.
Regulatory bodies worldwide are trying to set guidelines for generative AI, which may produce text and visuals with undetected artificial origins.
Adobe (ADBE.O), IBM, Nvidia, and five other corporations joined President Joe Biden’s voluntary AI pledges on Tuesday, including watermarking AI-generated material.
The July promises sought to prevent AI’s negative usage. July saw Google, OpenAI, and Microsoft join. The White House is also developing an AI executive order.
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