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Behind closed doors, lawmakers discussed regulating groundbreaking tech with the people who are building it.

The nation's biggest technology executives on Wednesday loosely endorsed the idea of government regulations for artificial intelligence at an unusual closed-door meeting in the US Senate. But there is little consensus on what regulation would look like, and the political path for legislation is difficult.

Two weeks earlier, users complained the AI site was “broken.”

More than 20 business leaders and others, including tech titans Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, are on Capitol Hill to meet with U.S. senators.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has been talking for several months about accomplishing a potentially impossible task: Passing bipartisan legislation within the next year that both encourages the rapid development of artificial intelligence and also mitigates its biggest risks

Prisoner swap deal could be first step to informal agreement to curb Iran’s nuclear programme

A.I. leaders from Sam Altman to Mark Zuckerberg are set to begin meeting with lawmakers in a series of closed-door "listening sessions."

Far-right wing insists it will not back speaker to avert government shutdown without concessions like Biden impeachment

Top military officials are voicing their concerns that national security is being harmed by an impasse that has stalled more than 300 top military promotions

The United States Senate reconvened after the summer recess on Tuesday, 5 September.

Congress faces a tight deadline to pass a short term spending bill and avoid a shutdown. Also Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell faces questions about his health following a second public episode.