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Capitol Hill hearings to take a closer look at guardrails for artificial intelligence

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Members of the Senate Judiciary committee will hear from the CEO behind ChatGPT — as lawmakers hold several hearings on how to address concerns about emerging AI technology.

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

Congress is taking a closer look at regulations on artificial intelligence.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

Yeah, a bipartisan group of House members met last night with Sam Altman, the CEO of the company behind ChatGPT. He'll testify later today for the first time on Capitol Hill. And Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says he's crafting what he hopes will be comprehensive AI guardrails to address growing concerns about the emerging technology.

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CHUCK SCHUMER: I want to do this in a bipartisan way. I don't think this is a political issue. This is a national issue, a country issue, a human issue.

FADEL: This week, both Senate and House committees will hold several hearings on AI, and lawmakers say there's plenty more to come.

MART?NEZ: NPR's congressional correspondent Claudia Grisales joins us this morning. All right, this week's hearings - what are they going to be discussing?

CLAUDIA GRISALES, BYLINE²: Right. Today, we're going to hear from Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, which is the company behind ChatGPT. He'll testify before a Senate Judiciary subpanel in a hearing focused on how Congress could regulate this technology. I was outside the room where he met with members for dinner last night behind closed doors. Lawmakers afterward³ were saying that he told them that AI is a powerful tool that can make society better globally, grow the economy and improve lives, and he also warned against going overboard with regulation. So we could touch on those same themes before the Senate panel today. It's led by Connecticut Democrat⁴ Richard Blumenthal and Missouri Republican Josh Hawley. I took a Senate train ride with Hawley recently, and he told me he's worried about privacy issues.

JOSH HAWLEY: I do think that we've got to give Americans some basic digital privacy rights, and we've got to stop the tracking and the buying and selling of private information without users' consent. I mean, that's just critical. And now we have AI on top of that.

GRISALES: It's a reminder⁵ Congress has not even been able to address these privacy issues related to social media. And Hawley told me he's also worried about election security, and that's part of a long list of worries.

MART?NEZ: Yeah, but Congress has - what word am I looking for? - oh, lackluster...

GRISALES: (Laughter).

MART?NEZ: ...A lackluster history when it comes to regulating AI. So what are the challenges here?

GRISALES: There are many. Congress is playing catch-up. For example, the European Union is years ahead in crafting AI law. And then throw in a bitterly divided Congress, and that does not bode⁷ well. I talked to law professor Ifeoma Ajunwa at the University of North Carolina at Chapel⁸ Hill about this.

IFEOMA AJUNWA: We have seen gridlocks in Congress, you know, passing so many laws that we would have thought were nonpartisan issues. So I do believe that the White House, which has access to executive orders and the (inaudible) may actually be able to move the needle quicker.

GRISALES: And we did see the Biden White House recently roll out some AI initiatives, while Congress has historically missed the regulatory windows on emerging tech, like the internet and social media. And Ajunwa said another issue is there's a real lack of joint⁹ experience in both law and computer science on Capitol Hill for both members and staff.

MART?NEZ: Yeah, but yet we're seeing this race on Capitol Hill as members try to make a legislative¹⁰ mark here, especially as several congressional panels have jurisdiction¹¹ on AI.

GRISALES: Yes. Today, the Senate Homeland Security Committee will also hold a hearing. They're looking at how federal agencies are using AI. And the chair, Michigan Senator Gary Peters, told me it's one of many. He's planning an AI hearing every work period. And tomorrow, a House Judiciary subpanel will look at AI and copyright law. And this is as members such as California's Ted⁶ Lieu - he filed a resolution earlier this year written by ChatGPT - that's a first for Congress - pushing for AI regulation.

MART?NEZ: NPR's Claudia Grisales - talk again soon.

GRISALES: Thank you.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

3 afterward   

adv.后来；以后

参考例句：

• Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
• Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。

4 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

5 reminder   

n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示

参考例句：

• I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
• It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。

6 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

7 bode   

v.预示

参考例句：

• These figures do not bode well for the company's future.这些数字显示出公司的前景不妙。
• His careful habits bode well for his future.他那认真的习惯预示著他会有好的前途。

8 chapel   

n.小教堂，殡仪馆

参考例句：

• The nimble hero,skipped into a chapel that stood near.敏捷的英雄跳进近旁的一座小教堂里。
• She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she played in chapel.那个星期天的下午，她在小教堂的演出，可以说是登峰造极。

9 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

10 legislative   

n.立法机构，立法权；adj.立法的，有立法权的

参考例句：

• Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
• Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。

11 jurisdiction   

n.司法权，审判权，管辖权，控制权

参考例句：

• It doesn't lie within my jurisdiction to set you free.我无权将你释放。
• Changzhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.常州隶属江苏省。