On Tuesday, House leaders on both sides of the aisle announced a new bipartisan task force dedicated to tackling the furious rise of artificial intelligence.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) spoke about potential guardrails for emerging technologies and the steps Congress can take to keep America safe. announced a 24-member panel to produce a comprehensive report on possible policy measures. We remain the world leader in AI.
“Advances in artificial intelligence have the potential to rapidly transform our economy and society, so we need Congress to work in a bipartisan manner to understand and plan for both the promises and complexities of this revolutionary technology. It’s important to stand up,” Johnson said.
The newly created task force on artificial intelligence will be led by Chairman Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) and Chairman Ted Lieu (D-Calif.). Mr. Johnson and Mr. Jeffries both selected 12 panel members from the conference.
Obernolte has a master’s degree in AI and owns the video game company FarSight Studios. Mr. Liu worked on enacting laws to regulate AI.In fact, he I wrote a bill Last year we did it via ChatGPT.
The two have emerged as leading voices in the House of Commons on AI.
“Congress has a responsibility to advance the breakthroughs that artificial intelligence can bring and to ensure that ordinary Americans can benefit from these advances in an equitable manner,” Jeffries said. said.
Republican senators include Ben Kline of Virginia. French Hill from Arkansas. Michael Cloud from Texas. Eric Burleson from Missouri. Rich McCormick of Georgia; Neil Dunn, Cat Cammack, Scott Franklin and Laurel Lee are all from Florida. So do Representatives Darrell Issa and Michelle Steele of California.
Democrats on the committee include Bill Foster of Illinois. Brittany Pettersen from Colorado. Haley Stevens from Michigan. Suzanne Bonamici from Oregon. Valerie Fushie from North Carolina; Don Beyer from Virginia. Yvette Clark and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, both from New York. Anna Eshoo, Ami Bella and Sara Jacobs are also from California.
Legislative efforts to address rapidly advancing technology have largely stalled in Congress.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has expressed a strong interest in moving the issue forward.
President Biden has already taken several executive actions to usher in the age of AI. Last year, Vice President Kamala Harris met with European leaders to discuss AI policy.
In recent years, technology has exploded with generative AI that can generate text, photos, and other media when given free instructions.
The technology is far from perfect and has been known to malfunction, but its widespread use has raised concerns that a huge range of jobs will become obsolete in the future.
OpenAI sparked a frenzy in late 2022 with ChatGPT, which uses advanced language models to respond to free-form requests and describe context.
Recently, the AI startup unveiled its Dora AI program, which can create photorealistic videos in response to simple text prompts from users.
The technology is already wreaking havoc on election campaigns.
Last month, a fake robocall in New Hampshire forged Biden’s voice in an attempt to dissuade voters from supporting him.
Federal Communications Commission It was decided this month Cloned voices generated by AI are prohibited.
