Schumer to Host Forum on Artificial Intelligence with Musk and Zuckerberg
Senator Chuck Schumer intends to convene a meeting with prominent figures from the technology industry, such as Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, to delve into the potential consequences of artificial intelligence. Notably, there have been discussions between Musk and Zuckerberg regarding the possibility of settling their rivalry through a physical confrontation.
Others attending the closed-door meeting on Sept. 13 include Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet Inc.’s Google; Microsoft Corp. CEO Satya Nadella; Nvidia Corp. founder Jensen Huang and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, according to Schumer’s office.
The meeting, which Axios reported earlier Monday, is intended to be the first of Schumer’s AI Insight forums and is part of her strategy to give Congress more say in the future of artificial intelligence as it takes on a growing role in work and personal life. of Americans.
Meta Platforms Inc., of which Zuckerberg is CEO, declined to comment. Musk, CEO of Tesla Inc. and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In a speech in June, Schumer laid out a policy framework to help lawmakers as they seek to begin regulating AI, saying Congress should promote American innovation and protect consumers from the dangers of the technology. Industry leaders are calling for new safeguards to curb the threat AI poses to millions of jobs and national security.
In a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, he said principles should guide decision-making, including promoting democratic values and US innovation, addressing copyright and misinformation, and ensuring national and economic security. Schumer’s framework emerged after months of discussions with industry leaders, researchers and others.
Senators attended three AI briefings earlier this summer to help launch the effort. Schumer, Democrat of New York, has not set a deadline for the legislation, but has expressed interest in bipartisan legislation this session of Congress. He said the Chinese Communist Party’s own approach to regulating artificial intelligence, released in April, is a “wake-up call” for action in the United States.
The feud between Musk and Zuckerberg attracted renewed attention this summer. First there was talk of a possible cage match between them, then when Meta’s Threads, planned as X’s direct competitor, surfaced.
Musk, the world’s richest person, first challenged Zuckerberg to a fight in late June. Meta’s chief responded by asking for a meeting place.
But on August 6, Musk announced that he was getting an MRI of his neck and upper back. Then he said he had a shoulder blade problem that might require minor surgery. “Recovery will only take a few months,” Musk added.
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On August 11, Zuckerberg, a martial arts enthusiast, expressed doubt that such an encounter would ever happen.
“If he ever settles on an actual date, you’ll hear from me. Until then, let’s assume everything he says isn’t settled,” she wrote on Threads.
