{"id":2030045,"date":"2023-09-12T23:48:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T03:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gates-musk-zuckerberg-descend-on-dc-for-closed-door-senate-ai-hearing\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T23:51:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T03:51:51","slug":"gates-musk-zuckerberg-descend-on-dc-for-closed-door-senate-ai-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gates-musk-zuckerberg-descend-on-dc-for-closed-door-senate-ai-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Gates, Musk, Zuckerberg in DC for Secret Senate AI Hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgates-musk-zuckerberg-descend-on-dc-for-closed-door-senate-ai-hearing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2030045&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>Get ready for an exclusive\u2063 gathering of tech titans! Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg are among the big\u200c names \u200bfrom Big Tech who \u2063will be appearing at the Senate&#8217;s closed-door AI Insight Forum on Sept. 13.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Both parties recognize that AI is something we can\u2019t ignore, but we need a lot of help understanding the best way \u200cforward,&#8221; Senate Majority\u200b Leader Chuck Schumer (R-N.Y.) said in a \u2062Sept. 7 \u200bannouncement of the closed-door <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democrats.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/majority-leader-schumer-floor-remarks-on-the-senates-first-ai-insight-forum-to-take-place-next-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hearing<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p>Mr. \u2063Schumer, Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), and Sen.\u2063 Todd Young\u2064 (R-Ind.) are the bipartisan leaders of the forum. Mr. Rounds and Mr.\u200b Heinrich are co-chairs of the Senate AI Caucus,\u2063 in which\u2064 Mr. Young also participates.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<ul class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<li class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/tech\/more-tech-companies-agree-to-sign-white-house-ai-safety-pledge-5490261\">More\u200d Tech Companies Agree to\u200b Sign White House AI Safety Pledge<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/12\/2023<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/tech\/more-tech-companies-agree-to-sign-white-house-ai-safety-pledge-5490261\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<li class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/opinion\/yes-ai-will-destroy-millions-of-jobs-but-thats-nothing-to-fear-5489859\">Yes, AI \u200cWill Destroy Millions of Jobs\u2014But That\u2019s Nothing\u200d to\u200b Fear<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/12\/2023<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/opinion\/yes-ai-will-destroy-millions-of-jobs-but-thats-nothing-to-fear-5489859\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mr. Musk of Twitter\/X and SpaceX,\u200c Meta&#8217;s\u2063 Mr. Zuckerberg, and Microsoft founder \u2063Mr. Gates will be joined by other top \u2064figures \u2064in\u2064 the\u200b tech world, including Sam Altman of OpenAI and Sundar Pichai of Alphabet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s an\u2062 effort to make sure that our colleagues are getting information directly from some of these leaders,&#8221; Mr.\u2062 Rounds said in a conversation with Mr. Heinrich \u200bat a Washington Post Live event on Sept. 12, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meritalk.com\/articles\/senate-ai-caucus-co-chairs-preview-closed-door-ai-forum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as reported by<\/a> \u200bMeriTalk.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p>In addition, Charles Rivkin of the Motion Picture Association, a film trade organization, will be present. Mr. Rivkin&#8217;s appearance comes during an ongoing, \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nobody-asked-for-this-wga-members-disagree-with-writers-room-minimums-a-key-issue-of-strike\/\" title=\"WGA Members Reject 'Writers Room Minimums,' A Crucial Strike Concern: 'Nobody Wanted This'\">months-long strike<\/a>\u2064 by members of the Writers Guild of America. The striking writers\u200b are concerned in part that ChatGPT and \u2064comparable tools could\u2063 replace \u200cthem.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">Other attendees include Democratic donor Tristan Harris of the Center for Humane Technology. Mr. Harris \u2062has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/ai-bias-and-prejudice-is-the-theme-at-upcoming-biden-meeting-in-silicon-valley-5343739\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously cautioned<\/a> Congress that &#8220;conspiracy \u200btheories&#8221; may spread if technology is\u2062 not regulated more strongly, specifically citing work \u2063by Alex Jones and InfoWars.<\/div>\n<p>Another Democratic mega-donor, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, is also expected at the event, as is Randi \u200dWeingarten of the National Federation of \u200cTeachers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/biden-administration-focuses-on-equity-in-new-artificial-intelligence-efforts-5286311\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A May report on AI<\/a> from the Department of Education maintains \u2063that\u200d the agency\u200d &#8220;firmly rejects the idea that AI could replace teachers.&#8221;<br \/>\n   \u2063<\/p>\n<h2>Building Knowledge<\/h2>\n<p>    \u2063  In his Sept. 7 comments previewing the meeting,\u2064 Mr. Schumer said the forum is going to be\u200c just\u2064 &#8220;the first of a \u200bseries of forums that will give \u2064our committees the knowledge\u2063 base\u200c and thought insights to draft \u2064the right kind of policies.&#8221;<br \/>\n \u2062\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It will be a meeting unlike \u2064any other that we have seen in \u200bthe Senate in a very long time, perhaps ever: a coming together of \u200dtop voices in business, civil rights, defense, research, labor, the arts,\u200c all together, in one room, having a much-needed conversation about \u200bhow Congress can tackle\u200b AI,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One\u2064 of the\u200c questions that I\u2019m asking \u200dmyself is, what\u2019s the threshold at which\u2064 you begin to \u2064regulate something? There are going to\u2063 be\u2064 applications for AI that are very low risk,\u2063 and we\u2063 don\u2019t want to stifle innovation, but\u200d there are \u2064also going to be applications that \u2063have very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-tosses-cdcs-national-eviction-moratorium\/\" title=\"Federal Judge Tosses CDC\u2019s National Eviction Moratorium\">real-world consequences<\/a>,&#8221; Mr. Heinrich said at the Washington Post Live event.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">Lawmakers and agencies in the U.S. and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/peak-body-calls-for-stronger-ai-regulations-after-doctors-found-using-chatgpt-5428733\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">across the world<\/a> are scrambling to address AI in the wake of headline-grabbing \u200bdevelopments over the \u2062past year, such as\u200b the debut of the \u200bgenerative AI service \u200dChatGPT.<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>The ChatGPT app is displayed on an iPhone\u200b in New York\u200c on May\u200c 18, 2023. (The Canadian Press\/AP, \u200dRichard Drew)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The star-studded Senate meeting \u200coccurs less\u200b than a\u2064 week after a Senate \u2063energy committee hearing \u2063dedicated to AI and the Department of\u200d Energy.<\/p>\n<p>It will take place on Capitol Hill the \u200dsame\u2062 day as a House \u200chearing led by\u2063 Rep. Nancy\u2063 Mace (R-S.C.).\u2064 That hearing, held under the auspices\u200b of\u2062 the oversight committee, will have a similar focus on AI and agencies, though with more of a skew toward the defense bureaucracy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Strict guardrails are needed to \u200bprotect Americans\u2019 privacy\u2063 and prevent them from being victimized by algorithmic bias. This\u2064 hearing is a great opportunity \u200cto discuss how\u2062 AI can \u2064best be safely integrated into\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-hail-telework-rewards-but-gao-analysis-not-clear-on-benefits\/\" title=\"House Democrats praise telework rewards, but GAO analysis lacks clarity on benefits.\">federal agency operations<\/a> in a manner that enhances national and homeland security, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gates-musk-zuckerberg-descend-on-dc-for-closed-door-senate-ai-hearing\/\" title=\"Gates, Musk, Zuckerberg in DC for Secret Senate AI Hearing\">streamlines service delivery<\/a>, and make government more efficient,&#8221; Ms. Mace said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/ai-bias-and-prejudice-is-the-theme-at-upcoming-biden-meeting-in-silicon-valley-5343739\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Concern\u2062 over algorithmic bias<\/a> and,\u2062 more generally,\u200c race has been a significant theme in the Biden administration&#8217;s response to AI innovations over the\u2063 past \u200dyear.<\/div>\n<p>The May report \u2062from the Department of Education called algorithmic discrimination an\u200b AI risk &#8220;of the highest importance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Ultra-realistic \u200cAI\u200b robot Ai-Da poses in front of a painting \u200dit\u200c made\u2064 during the press preview of the London Design Biennale 2023 at Somerset \u2063House, central London, on June 1, 2023.\u200c (Ben Stansall\/AFP via\u2063 Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2>Biden Meets Tech Leaders, Activists<\/h2>\n<p>    At a June meeting in San Francisco, President Joe Biden convened with tech executives and other leaders and activists, including\u200b Mr. \u200cHarris.\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<p>In a statement\u2063 released prior\u200c to that event, a White House spokesperson said the experts who gathered were \u2064&#8221;outspoken on the \u200cimpact of AI on\u2063 jobs, children, bias and prejudice,&#8221; among other topics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We [need] innovation on guardrails so we can\u2062 find creative and new ways\u200c to \u2062protect our kids, our privacy, prevent racial bias, prevent doomsday scenarios,&#8221; Mr. Schumer said o<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg will attend the Senate&#8217;s private AI Insight Forum on Sept. 13. 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