{"id":2464,"date":"2023-04-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fareshopbd.com\/mccarthy-takes-congress-back-school-ai\/"},"modified":"2023-04-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T00:00:00","slug":"mccarthy-takes-congress-back-school-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fareshopbd.com\/mccarthy-takes-congress-back-school-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy takes Congress back to school on AI"},"content":{"rendered":"
EXCLUSIVE:<\/strong> House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is launching an effort to get members of Congress educated on artificial intelligence, as the rapidly advancing technology enters more facets of everyday life and pressure to regulate it grows.<\/p>\n Against the backdrop of hours of tense negotiations that ultimately led to House Republicans passing their debt limit bill<\/a> earlier this week, lawmakers took time this week to hear from two MIT-based AI experts.<\/p>\n Heading into the meeting on Tuesday, McCarthy stressed a bipartisan approach to AI and noted that its relevance spanned multiple Congressional committees.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s great because members on both sides of the aisle can be here. They can get more knowledge before we\u2019re doing any legislation,” he told Fox News Digital in a brief interview. “We are all in it together, it doesn’t matter what committee you’re on.”<\/p>\n AI PAUSE CEDES POWER TO CHINA, HARMS DEVELOPMENT OF \u2018DEMOCRATIC\u2019 AI, EXPERTS WARN SENATE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Speaker of the House Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to the media at the US Capitol on April 26, 2023 in Washington, DC. The US House voted and passed a bill raising the nations debt ceiling. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis\/Getty Images)<\/span> <\/p>\n Lawmakers heard from MIT Professors Antonio Torralba and Aleksander Madry as part of a session McCarthy had set up for lawmakers.<\/p>\n “I took a number of members out to MIT more than a year ago,” McCarthy said. “MIT actually had a course on AI and quantum that the generals in our military take, so I had them develop a course for members on our Intel Committee as well, and others,” McCarthy said. “You can never go wrong with Congress being\u2026 educated on subjects, and especially subjects that are going to harbor into the future.”<\/p>\n He told Fox News Digital that he spoke with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about possibly coming in to speak with members in a similar setting.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO READ MORE AI COVERAGE FROM FOX NEWS DIGITAL<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n “I’m going to continue to have these on a lot of different topics to better educate the entire Congress on subjects,” the Speaker added.<\/p>\n AI is increasingly becoming a hot topic on Capitol Hill as its growing prevalence in society forces lawmakers to reckon with both its benefits and its dangers.<\/p>\n Sam Altman of OpenAI may soon be visiting Congress to talk about AI.<\/span> (Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n That has included conversations on whether it\u2019s time to put regulatory barriers on AI\u2019s uses and development. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer released a broad framework<\/a> earlier this month calling for companies developing AI to allow outside experts to review their technology before it becomes publicly available to use.<\/p>\n But McCarthy argued that Congress should first take time to understand the sector, and criticized Schumer\u2019s approach as “political.”<\/p>\n ALTERNATIVE INVENTOR? BIDEN AMIN OPENS DOOR TO NON-HUMAN, AI PATENT HOLDERS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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