Gates, Musk, Zuckerberg Descend on DC for Closed-Door Senate AI Hearing

Hearing comes as lawmakers and agencies in the U.S. and worldwide scramble to address AI in the wake of headline-grabbing developments over the past year.

Nathan Worcester

9/12/2023|Updated: 9/13/2023

Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg are among the big names from Big Tech slated to appear at the Senate’s closed-door AI Insight Forum on Sept. 13.

“Both parties recognize that AI is something we can’t ignore, but we need a lot of help understanding the best way forward,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a Sept. 7 announcement of the closed-door hearing.

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Nathan Worcester is an award-winning journalist for The Epoch Times based in Washington, D.C. He frequently covers Capitol Hill, elections, and the ideas that shape our times. He has also written about energy and the environment. Nathan can be reached at [email protected]

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