Senate’s Star-Studded AI Forum Produces Little Progress for Regulation

Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer convenes a closed hearing on AI with a veritable who’s who of tech’s rich and famous.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks at a press conference in Washington on July 11, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Members of Congress left a high-profile, closed-door forum on artificial intelligence (AI) on Sept. 13 with little hope of crafting meaningful legislation to protect Americans in the next year.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) convened the closed hearing with a veritable who’s who of big tech’s rich and famous, including Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, X chairman Elon Musk, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai.