Congress hates Big Tech — but it still seems optimistic about AI

OpenAI CEO Samuel Altman Testifies To Senate Committee On Rules For Artificial Intelligence
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Kicking off a series of AI hearings Tuesday, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) used a text-to-voice generator trained on hours of his speeches to deliver an opening statement before OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee voiced urgency (or had a computer do it for them) about regulating artificial intelligence during the hearing. But they struck a largely friendly tone with Altman, who supported many of the same reforms they proposed. For his part, Altman latched onto the idea of Congress creating a new agency tasked with regulating artificial intelligence and licensing its development by larger companies.

“We believe that the benefits of the tools we have deployed so far vastly outweigh the risks,” Altman said...

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