Dem leaders warn against AI companies policing themselves: ‘We need Congress to act’

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California Democrat: ‘We need to have a safety stand-down with AI’

California Democrat: ‘We need to have a safety stand-down with AI’

Top House Democrats warned Tuesday that AI companies can’t be trusted to regulate themselves, arguing that the federal government will have to step in with industry-wide rules designed to ensure public safety.

“This is not an industry that can regulate itself,” Rep. Pete Aguilar (Calif.), chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, told reporters in the Capitol. “We have the ability, and we should be regulating them and putting sensible guardrails to protect consumers while supporting an innovation economy.”

The remarks clash with the message coming from top Republicans, who say members of Congress are simply not equipped to regulate the AI industry on their own, given the sheer complexity of the technology that makes AI tick. 

“Congress is obviously less qualified than the people who are pushing this frontier to know all the ins........

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