US Senator Chuck Schumer plans to bring together technology industry chiefs to discuss the ramifications of artificial intelligence.
They include Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, who have been discussing whether to take their rivalry to a cage match.
Others invited to the closed-door meeting in September are Sundar Pichai, the chief executive of Alphabet and Google; Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella; Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang; and former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt, according to Mr Schumer’s office.
The gathering, which was reported earlier on Monday by Axios, is intended as the first of Mr Schumer’s AI Insight Forums, and part of his strategy to give Congress more influence over the future of artificial intelligence as it takes on a growing role in the professional and personal lives of Americans.
In a June speech, he introduced a policy framework to aid Congress members as they begin regulating artificial intelligence.
Mr Schumer said Congress should promote American innovation while protecting consumers from dangers posed by the technology.
Industry leaders are urging protective measures to curb the threat AI poses to millions of jobs and to national security.
Mr Schumer said in the address at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington that principles should guide policymaking, including promoting democratic values and US innovation, addressing copyright and misinformation concerns, and ensuring national and economic security.
His framework came after months of discussions with industry leaders, academics and others.
Mr Schumer, a New York Democrat, has not set a deadline for introducing laws but has expressed an interest in bipartisan legislation during this session of Congress.
He’s said that the Chinese Communist Party’s release in April of its own approach to regulating AI is a “wake-up call” for action in the US.
The feud between Mr Musk, chief executive of Tesla and owner of X, and Mr Zuckerberg, chief executive of Meta Platforms, attracted renewed attention this summer, first with reports of a possible cage match between them, then with the rise of Meta’s Threads, designed as a direct rival to X.
Mr Musk, the world’s richest person, first challenged Mr Zuckerberg to the fight in late June. The Meta chief responded by asking for the location.
But on August 6, Mr Musk posted that he would receive an MRI of his neck and upper back. Then he said he had a problem with his shoulder blade that might require minor surgery.
“Recovery will only take a few months,” he said.
On August 11, Mr Zuckerberg, a martial arts enthusiast, expressed scepticism that an encounter would ever take place.
“If he ever agrees on an actual date, you’ll hear it from me. Until then, please assume anything he says has not been agreed on,” he wrote on Threads.
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Common OCD symptoms and how they manifest
Checking: the obsession or thoughts focus on some harm coming from things not being as they should, which usually centre around the theme of safety. For example, the obsession is “the building will burn down”, therefore the compulsion is checking that the oven is switched off.
Contamination: the obsession is focused on the presence of germs, dirt or harmful bacteria and how this will impact the person and/or their loved ones. For example, the obsession is “the floor is dirty; me and my family will get sick and die”, the compulsion is repetitive cleaning.
Orderliness: the obsession is a fear of sitting with uncomfortable feelings, or to prevent harm coming to oneself or others. Objectively there appears to be no logical link between the obsession and compulsion. For example,” I won’t feel right if the jars aren’t lined up” or “harm will come to my family if I don’t line up all the jars”, so the compulsion is therefore lining up the jars.
Intrusive thoughts: the intrusive thought is usually highly distressing and repetitive. Common examples may include thoughts of perpetrating violence towards others, harming others, or questions over one’s character or deeds, usually in conflict with the person’s true values. An example would be: “I think I might hurt my family”, which in turn leads to the compulsion of avoiding social gatherings.
Hoarding: the intrusive thought is the overvaluing of objects or possessions, while the compulsion is stashing or hoarding these items and refusing to let them go. For example, “this newspaper may come in useful one day”, therefore, the compulsion is hoarding newspapers instead of discarding them the next day.
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