US House Democratic coalition creates AI working group

Democrats from the USA Home of Representatives have fashioned a working group on synthetic intelligence aimed toward introducing new laws across the nascent tech sector.

The 97-member New Democrat Coalition announced its AI working group on Aug. 15, stating it will work with President Joe Biden’s administration, stakeholders and lawmakers from either side of the political area to develop “smart, bipartisan insurance policies to handle this rising expertise.”

The group will concentrate on a spread of points together with how finest to leverage AI for progress whereas nonetheless guaranteeing that staff who stand to lose their jobs because of AI can stay employed.

Synthetic Intelligence is the most important technological risk we have confronted because the invention of the atomic bomb.

I’m proud to be part of the @NewDemCoalition‘s AI Working Group to evaluate the risks and alternatives posed by AI and develop a framework to control it. https://t.co/99hGdHgb7x

— Rep. Seth Moulton (@RepMoulton) August 15, 2023

Consultant Derek Kilmer will function chair of the AI working group and told CNBC the first focus of the working group was to crack down on the unfold of misinformation and aired issues on superior AI-generated deepfakes turning into more and more prevalent on-line.

“There’s actual concern concerning the potential for AI generated disinformation, actual concern about misuse of superior AI fashions.”

“That’s the kind of factor that requires Congress to get good and get good quick,” Kilmer added.

Synthetic intelligence is the following nice frontier of technological development.

And we’re already seeing how breakthroughs on this rising expertise current each nice alternatives and challenges with potential disruptions for staff, democracy, and nationwide safety. https://t.co/hflVef6k9Y

— Rep. Derek Kilmer (@RepDerekKilmer) August 15, 2023

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Lawmakers, teachers and prime tech CEOs have all signaled the need to reign in on the potential risks raised by AI.

In Could, Vice President Kamala Harris, together with Biden’s prime advisers, held a meeting with a number of AI business CEOs to debate issues concerning the dangers related to AI.

In June, President Biden held a meeting with experts in AI in Silicon Valley to debate the same topic.

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Extra reporting by Felix Ng.