Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said the first gathering of the world’s top artificial intelligence experts with senators produced a consensus that Congress needs to act to regulate the development of AI technologies, but there was no agreement on the correct steps.
“First, I asked everyone in the room, ‘Is government needed to play a role in regulating AI?’ and every single person raised their hands even though they had diverse views,” Schumer, D-N.Y., told reporters Wednesday after meeting with more than 20 tech CEOs and civil rights advocates in the first of several planned AI insight forums.
But the majority leader said opinions diverged on ideas like a proposal from Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., calling for a new federal agency that would issue licenses for certain kinds of AI technologies.
