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September 14, 2023

Tech industry leaders endorse regulating AI at private Senate forum

  • There is little consensus at this time on what regulation would look like.
    • By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MATT O'BRIEN
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — The nation's biggest technology executives on Wednesday loosely endorsed the idea of government regulations for artificial intelligence at an unusual closed-door meeting in the U.S. Senate. But there is little consensus on what regulation would look like, and the political path for legislation is difficult.

    Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who organized the private forum on Capitol Hill as part of a push to legislate artificial intelligence, said he asked everyone in the room — including almost two dozen tech executives, advocates and skeptics — whether government should have a role in the oversight of artificial intelligence, and “every single person raised their hands, even though they had diverse views,” he said.


     
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