Speaker of the House Mike Johnson meets OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was on Capitol Hill Thursday to discuss what role Congress should play in legislating artificial intelligence.
“It was a very good meeting,” Johnson told reporters afterward. “We talked about where we stand in terms of Congress’s approach to AI.”
He said the House and Senate had a “very thoughtful discussion” about how to move forward in a bipartisan manner.
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (left) and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. (Craig Hudson/Bloomberg via Getty Images | Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“There are endless possibilities” [in] It's an AI, but we all agree, and Sam agrees, that it's also dangerous. So there's a role for Congress to play in figuring all of this out, and we're working on that,” Johnson said.
Altman declined to elaborate on what they discussed in response to questions from Fox News Digital.
“I appreciate how interested he is in this issue, and I look forward to seeing how the legislative process goes,” he said of the meeting.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said his meeting with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman went well. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
“This is the kind of pretty high-level conversation that we're trying to figure out how to balance this kind of big upside and mitigate the risks while also making sure that the U.S. gets a really great outcome here,” Altman said. It was about,” he added.
Johnson did not respond to angry questions from Fox News Digital on Friday morning about whether there were any follow-up plans on AI after the meeting.
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The meeting came a day after the top Republicans and top Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee announced the creation of a bipartisan task force to consider the impact of AI on the financial industry.
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry announced the creation of an AI task force within the committee.
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“Rapid progress is artificial intelligence technology “We have high hopes of changing society and the economy for the better, but we also have risks,” said Chairman Patrick McHenry, RN.C. “The task force will examine the potential of this technology, particularly its introduction into the financial system.” It also leverages artificial intelligence to create a more comprehensive We will also find ways to promote the financial system. ”
Ranking member Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) said the group is “expanding how this technology is reinforcing historical inequalities in financial services and housing markets through the use of data that reflects underlying bias and discrimination.” “We will investigate whether there is a possibility of implanting it in such a way.”
