US Senators to have classified AI briefing at the White House

Senators successful the United States volition beryllium briefed by the White House regarding artificial quality (AI) arsenic lawmakers proceed to mull implicit regulations for the technology. 

In a letter sent to chap senators by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer connected July 9, helium announced the “first-ever” classified Senate briefing connected AI with the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community.

According to the letter, the gathering volition absorption connected however the U.S. authorities is currently, “using and investing successful AI to support our nationalist information and larn what our adversaries are doing successful AI.”

The gathering volition instrumentality spot connected July 11 successful a delicate compartmented accusation installation (SCIF) successful the U.S. Capitol successful Washington D.C.

Schumer besides highlighted that successful the coming months, the Senate volition clasp a bid of “AI Insight Forums” and convene with apical AI experts successful the manufacture gathering connected the briefings. 

"Our occupation arsenic legislators is to perceive to the experts and larn arsenic overmuch arsenic we tin truthful we tin construe these ideas into legislative action, with our committees continuing to service arsenic the cardinal drivers."

The archetypal little is said to beryllium led by Avril Haines, the manager of National Intelligence, Kathleen Hicks the Deputy Secretary of Defense, Trey Whitworth the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy manager Arati Prabhakar.  

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Schumer besides said helium intends to proceed gathering upon his projected outline, which helium calls SAFE: Innovation Framework for AI. 

SAFE is expected to usher the Senate arsenic to however it “can beforehand American enactment successful AI,” portion harnessing its imaginable and protecting nine from imaginable harm.

The legislator has made calls successful the past for “comprehensive legislation” connected AI.

Schumer was besides a portion of a connection of a bipartisan measure regarding transparency and innovation successful AI development, on with calling for the enactment of a caller Office of Global Competition Analysis to let the authorities to enactment connected apical of planetary AI trends.

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