OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has been invited to a bipartisan dinner with members of the U.S. House of Representatives from both the Republican and Democratic parties, NBC News reports.
The closed event will take place on the evening of May 15. Fifty invited lawmakers will attend.
The dinner was organised by the Republican Conference vice chair Mike Johnson and the Democratic Party’s deputy whip Ted Lieu. They previously introduced a resolution, drafted by ChatGPT, calling for Congress to regulate AI.
According to Lieu, the aim of the dinner is “educating participants”.
Johnson described the aim of the meeting in more detail. He said lawmakers recognised the potential and risks of AI for humanity, and heard calls for regulating the technology.
“This bipartisan discussion with Mr. Altman will be timely and an important part of this process,” Johnson said.
The dinner is one of several appearances by OpenAI’s chief on Capitol Hill in Washington. On May 16 he will testify for the first time before the Senate Subcommittee on Privacy and Technology.
“Artificial intelligence urgently needs rules and guarantees to deal with its enormous prospects and pitfalls,” said Richard Blumenthal, the chair of the subcommittee.
According to him, the hearing will mark the starting point for the subcommittee’s oversight and scrutiny of advanced algorithms and powerful AI technologies.
In May, Vice President Kamala Harris held a meeting with Altman and other tech giants’ leaders, where they discussed AI risks.
In April, Elon Musk discussed artificial intelligence with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.