Anthropic CEO to testify at US Senate hearing on AI regulation
WASHINGTON听–听Artificial intelligence startup听础苍迟丑谤辞辫颈肠‘蝉听颁贰翱听Dario Amodei will听迟别蝉迟颈蹿测听on July 25 at a US听厂别苍补迟别听丑别补谤颈苍驳听on artificial intelligence as lawmakers consider potential听谤别驳耻濒补迟颈辞苍s for the fast-growing technology, the听厂别苍补迟别听panel scheduling the聽丑别补谤颈苍驳听said on Tuesday.
The听厂别苍补迟别听Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law said it will hold a聽丑别补谤颈苍驳听titled “Oversight of听础滨: Principles for听搁别驳耻濒补迟颈辞苍” that will include Mr. Amodei, who heads the startup backed by Alphabet Inc’s聽Google, as well as computer science professors Yoshua Bengio and Stuart Russell.
“It鈥檚 our obligation to address听础滨鈥檚 potential threats and risks before they become real,” said Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal, the subcommittee chair. “We are on the verge of a new era, with major consequences for workers, consumer privacy, and our society.”
The top Republican on the panel, Senator Josh Hawley, said “the more we learn about听础滨鈥檚 potential effects on our nation, the more concerned we should be. We need strong guardrails that protect consumers, workers, and families from technological development run amok.”
President Joe Biden met with the听颁贰翱s of top artificial intelligence companies in May, including Mr. Amodei, and made clear they must ensure their products are safe before they are deployed.
Separately,听厂别苍补迟别听Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday an annual defense bill is expected to have many听础滨-related provisions including a report on听础滨聽谤别驳耻濒补迟颈辞苍听in the financial services industry, which has听耻蝉ed it for fraud prevention and risk management. The report would help push federal financial regulators to adopt and adapt to听础滨聽changes disrupting the industry, Mr. Schumer’s office said.
The bill would direct government agencies to conduct risk studies on听础滨, create an听础滨聽“bug bounty” program and require developing听础滨聽and machine learning tools “to better employ narrative intelligence technology in order to monitor and assess information campaigns by delivering comprehensive analysis of narrative themes, language and information patterns, and disinformation networks,” Mr. Schumer’s office said. – Reuters
