On September 13, a U.S. congressional hearing on AI regulation will feature leaders from the largest technology companies. This was reported by CNN.
Among the principal guests are billionaire Elon Musk, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg, as well as representatives from Anthropic, Google, IBM, Nvidia, OpenAI and Palantir.
This meeting will be the first of nine hearings aimed at developing comprehensive regulations for the AI industry. The initiative is led by Chuck Schumer, the senior senator from New York.
“Is there a consensus on some basic things, such as respecting intellectual property rules or transparency of algorithms? Is there a common denominator on which a sufficient number of policymakers could agree? I think we will learn this during the hearings,” said Christopher Padilla, vice president for government relations at IBM.
He also added that the company plans to discuss AI usage among its clients and offer its view of the regulatory framework.
Representatives of civil groups, who were also invited to the hearing, will discuss potential risks of AI technologies. In particular, activists are concerned about possible discrimination against minorities due to biased training data.
“AI is unlike anything Congress has dealt with before. It is not the same as the employment, health care, or defense sectors, where authorities have experience to draw on. Experts are not even sure what questions policymakers should be asking,” Schumer stressed.
Earlier, Colorado senator Michael Bennet urged technology companies to watermark AI-generated content. He sent his appeal to leaders of OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, Twitter, Alphabet and other major players in the industry.
testified before the U.S. Congress and urged the government to regulate the use and development of artificial intelligence.
In June, UN representatives stated that AI-generated deepfakes harm information integrity and fuel hatred in society.
Researchers at OpenAI warned of the growing threat of using language models to spread misinformation.
In turn, American scientists urged countering deepfakes created by “hostile states”.