The chairman of a Senate Judiciary subcommittee said at a hearing Tuesday that Congress should take lessons from the emergence of social media and act soon on artificial intelligence.
Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut said lawmakers in the past failed to adequately address social media, leading to predators on the internet and toxic content — issues lawmakers are now trying to clean up after the fact.
“Congress failed to meet the moment on social media. Now we have the obligation to do it on AI before the threats and the risks become real,” Blumenthal said. “Sensible safeguards are not in opposition to innovation. Accountability is not a burden, far from it.”
