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WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) – The White House will give senators a classified briefing on artificial intelligence on Tuesday as lawmakers consider legal protections against rapidly advancing technology.
The 3:00 p.m. ET briefing, hosted by Senate Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Senators, will be the first-ever classified Senate briefing on AI and will be held at the Senate Compartmental Intelligence Facility (SCIF) on the Capitol.
The briefer also includes Director of National Intelligence Avril Haynes. Kathleen Hicks, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Arathi Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; and Trey Whitworth, Director of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency.
In a letter to senators, Schumer said at the briefing that the U.S. government would “use and invest in AI to protect national security and learn what our adversaries are doing with it.” …Our job as legislators is to listen to experts and experts.” Learn as much as you can so you can translate these ideas into legislation. ”
Last month, Schumer called for a “comprehensive law” to deal with AI, but from September he convened “heads of artificial intelligence” to “start building a new foundation for AI policy.” promised to participate in the ‘AI Insights Forum’. ”
Governments around the world are considering ways to mitigate the dangers of emerging technologies, and US lawmakers are increasingly calling for swift action to address the risks. So-called generative AI, which uses data to create new content, like ChatGPT’s human prose, is growing in popularity, and some experts say it could reshape human society. .
In April, Schumer outlined a new regulatory regime that would “prevent potentially catastrophic harm to our nation while at the same time ensuring that the United States advances and leads in this revolutionary technology.” circulated a framework for
Congress has a narrow margin and no consensus on the AI bill.
In April, the CEOs of ChatGPT creator OpenAI, its backers Microsoft (MSFT.O) and Alphabet (GOOGL.O) met with Biden and other officials to discuss AI. .
Reporting by David Shepardson Editing by Chris Reese
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