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The general manager of Open AI, Sam Altmanwill make his first appearance before a U.S. Senate panel next week as the U.S. Congress ponders how best to regulate the artificial intelligence (IA) as technology becomes more powerful and more widespread.
Altman will testify before the Senate Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law on Tuesday about laws that may be needed to protect Americans as government and businesses begin to use AI in everything from medicine to finance and supervision of workers.
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This will be Altman’s first testimony before Congress, the panel said when announcing the hearing. Altman will also attend a dinner for members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday evening, according to the office of Representative Ted Lieu, who is co-hosting the event. .
Altman attended a White House meeting on artificial intelligence last week that discussed how to ensure regulatory protections. In response to a question about whether the companies are okay with the regulations, Altman told reporters, “We’re surprisingly on the same page about what needs to happen. said Senator Richard Blumenthal, who chairs the panel.
“This hearing kicks off the work of our subcommittee to oversee and clarify advanced algorithms and powerful artificial intelligence technology.”
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