An AI CEO Went to Washington and Asked for Rules: Key Takeaways
- OpenAI CEO, senators agreed that a new agency could set rules
- Hearing highlights hit to labor market, risks to democracy
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The Senate’s first major hearing on artificial intelligence covered everything from the lighthearted marvels of generative AI to dire warnings about existential threats to society and democracy.
Subcommittee Chair Richard Blumenthal opened the hearing with an audio clip that sounded like his voice, but was actually written and composed by AI products. Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar joked with Tennessee Republican Marsha Blackburn about whose state had the best musicians according to ChatGPT.