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The CEO of the company behind ChatGPT will head to Congress on Tuesday, as lawmakers race to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) while companies steam ahead with the technology. |
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will make his public debut in Congress at a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing about oversight of AI, as lawmakers seek to better understand the range of risks posed by generative AI and possible ways to mitigate them. "AI is one of the most important issues of our times, with enormous potential both positive and negative, and it is crucial that we get it right," Gary Marcus, professor emeritus at New York University, said in an email. Marcus will testify on the panel with Altman and Christina Montgomery, vice president and chief privacy and trust officer at IBM. Marcus said he will discuss the urgency of the situation and "the tremendous need for having independent scientists at the table" in order to "distinguish between hype and reality and to identify and mitigate a broad arrays of newly-developing risks." Tuesday will mark Altman's first public appearance in Congress, but the CEO has had private meetings with key lawmakers in the months since ChatGPT's November launch and skyrocketing popularity. Altman is also scheduled to attend a dinner with House Democrats and Republicans cohosted by Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) and GOP Conference Vice Chairman Mike Johnson (R-La.), NBC News reported, following his testimony. Read more about the hearing in a full report at TheHill.com, and stay tuned for coverage of Tuesday's hearing. |
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Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom, who has become popular in Republican circles since leaving the sport, ripped Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Monday as his social media platform takes heat for restricting content in Turkey amid an ongoing presidential election. "I don't want to hear about Elon Musk talking about free speech ever again. He's literally bowing down to a dictatorship," Kanter Freedom said on “CNN This Morning.” … |
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| Incoming Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino thanked Elon Musk on Saturday for her new role at the social media company and shared her excitement to "build Twitter 2.0.” "Thank you @elonmusk! I've long been inspired by your vision to create a brighter future," Yaccarino tweeted. "I'm excited to help bring this vision to Twitter and transform this business together!" "I see I have some new followers," she added in her thread. … |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Computer engineers and tech-inclined political scientists have warned for years that cheap, powerful artificial intelligence tools would soon allow anyone to create fake images, video and audio that was realistic enough to fool voters and perhaps sway an election. The synthetic images that emerged were often crude, unconvincing and costly to produce, especially when other kinds of misinformation were so inexpensive … |
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Philadelphia Inquirer disrupted by cyberattack |
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EU allows Microsoft's deal with Activision Blizzard to go through |
The European Union approved the $69 billion acquisition despite opposition from American and British regulators, The New York Times reported. |
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The Economic Snapshot: CEO Summit, May 31, 2-3:00 p.m. ET |
The post-pandemic economy has defied expectations repeatedly. The U.S. labor market and consumer spending are chugging along, while inflation is cooling, yet risks of a recession and a debt ceiling showdown loom. "The Economic Snapshot" will check the pulse of the U.S. economy. The Hill will gather chief executives to dissect just how companies are faring during this uncertain economic landscape, featuring speakers such as Scott Kirby, CEO of United Airlines; Michelle Korsmo, President & CEO of National Restaurant Association; Matthew Shay, President & CEO, National Retail Federation; and Evan Smith, Co-Founder & CEO of Altana AI.
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Upcoming news themes and events we're watching: |
- The Senate Judiciary subcommittee on privacy and technology will have a hearing about oversight of artificial intelligence, with testimony from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, on Tuesday at 10 a.m.
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What you need to know about a glass cliff and why it could put Twitter's new CEO in danger |
Less than two months into his $44 billion purchase of Twitter, Elon Musk declared that whoever took over as the company’s CEO " must like pain a lot." Then he promised he’d step down as soon as he found a replacement "foolish enough" to want the job. That person, Musk announced Friday, … |
LONDON (AP) — The European Union on Monday approved Microsoft's $69 billion purchase of video game maker Activision Blizzard, deciding the deal won't stifle competition for popular console titles like Call of Duty and accepting the U.S. tech company's remedies to boost competition in cloud gaming. … |
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Mexican Ambassador to the United States Esteban Moctezuma excoriated Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) over a derogatory statement he made at a Senate hearing … Read more |
| The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on whether Democratic lawmakers should be able to sue to obtain documents related to former President Trump's … Read more |
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