Next week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will speak before a Senate panel on how to effectively manage artificial intelligence as the technology becomes more powerful and popular.
On Tuesday, Altman will testify before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law on what laws might be needed to protect Americans as the government and businesses begin to employ AI in everything from medical to banking to workplace surveillance.
The hearing will be Altman’s first before Congress, according to the group that announced it.
Altman attended a White House meeting on artificial intelligence last week when they addressed how to guarantee regulatory safeguards. In answer to a reporter’s inquiry about whether firms agree on laws, Altman said, “We’re surprisingly on the same page on what needs to happen.”
Christina Montgomery, IBM’s chief privacy officer, is another witness.
“Artificial intelligence urgently needs rules and safeguards to address its immense promise and pitfalls,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, chair of the panel. “This hearing begins our Subcommittee’s work in overseeing and illuminating AI’s advanced algorithms and powerful technology.”