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Young 'surprised' by bipartisan agreement on AI |
Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) said Tuesday he's been encouraged and "a little surprised" by the bipartisan agreement among senators so far during the closed-door AI Insight Forums. |
Young, speaking at the Axios AI+ Summit, said as Congress continues to mull regulation about artificial intelligence (AI) through the committee process, partisan disagreements may emerge. He said labor issues related to AI may be a point of contention. "I expected more disagreement when it came to the role government should play, the extent to which we should protect workers in various ways from the technology. There haven't been very significant disagreements," Young said. He expects there will be"more disagreement" among senators about the extent the role of government should play as the process moves through committees to consider regulation. Young added that lawmakers may also appear less willing to compromise once "television cameras are turned on and there is an expectation, to put it charitably, from ones' constituents that their members of the Senate or their members of Congress to fight for the perspective of their constituents of for their base." Young is one of four senators on Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) small bipartisan group in charge of Senate discussions about AI regulation. Schumer and the group have convened a series of AI Insight Forums — including industry experts, tech company CEOs and civil rights leaders — to discuss the benefits and risks of AI. The Senate is holding its seventh AI Insight Forum on Wednesday afternoon, focused on intellectual property and copyright issues. The forum will include a negotiator from SAG-AFTRA, a union representing actors that recently won protections from AI, along with representatives from Sony Music Entertainment, the Motion Picture Association and Spotify. Read more in a full report at TheHill.com. |
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The judge presiding over tech billionaire Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Media Matters for America has recused himself from the case, according to court documents. In a notice filed with the court on Tuesday, Judge Mark Pittman of the U.S. District Court in Northern Texas wrote that he was recusing himself from the case and requested the clerk of the court assign it to another judge. Pittman, who was appointed to his position … |
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Amazon launching AI-powered chatbot |
Amazon plans to launch an AI-powered chatbot called Q for customers of its cloud computing company Amazon Web Services (AWS), TechCrunch reported. |
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General Motors cuts spending on Cruise |
General Motors (GM) plans to cut spending on its self-driving unit Cruise, after an accident in October injured a pedestrian and prompted the company to suspend all self-driving operations nationwide, Financial Times reported. |
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- The House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on health will hold a hearing on "Understanding How AI Is Changing Health Care" on Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. ET.
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Sports Illustrated is the latest media company damaged by an AI experiment gone wrong |
NEW YORK (AP) — Computer-generated writers … writing computer-generated stories? Sports Illustrated is the latest media company to see its reputation damaged by being less than forthcoming — if not outright dishonest — about who or what is writing its stories at the dawn of the artificial intelligence … |
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon finally has its answer to ChatGPT. The tech giant said Tuesday it will launch Q — a business chatbot powered by generative artificial intelligence. The announcement, made in Las Vegas at an annual conference the company hosts for its AWS cloud computing service, represents … |
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