Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. NPR's Claudia Grisales reporting for us on Capitol Hill. KELLY: We will see how far that path extends. That said, Schumer says he's been in touch with McCarthy, and he was encouraged that perhaps there is a bipartisan path forward. Already, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has spoken out against some of the ideas being proposed. But we should note, Congress has a lackluster history of regulating emerging tech, and they also lack expertise here. He said they're months away from drafting legislation. GRISALES: Well, so Schumer says, for his group's part, they have more forums to come, and at least some of these will be public. What are they actually planning to do with this information? What's the next step? KELLY: Again, I was struck by Senator Schumer and what he said about that they're just beginning their quest. He also said there was a consensus to balance the government's role in enhancing AI's benefits against limiting the risks - that is, boosting transformational innovation, which again gets into discussions of aiding the hungry, the sick, while also addressing sustainable innovation, or minimizing bias, loss of jobs, or some of these doomsday scenarios that came up in the room today. He said everyone on the panel agreed the government should play a role regulating AI, and they should put in guardrails. GRISALES: Well, Leader Schumer, who moderated the discussion, said senators did get consensus on some things. Did they actually come to any concrete agreements? GRISALES: Senators described the tone of the discussions as frank, nonpartisan and spirited. We want to be at the front end of this process so that we're not just implementing technology and workers having to sit back and take it. LIZ SHULER: That was part of my job in the room - is to say, look we want to be partners. One of those people was Liz Shuler, who heads up the AFL-CIO. But many speakers shared their remarks with reporters outside of the room afterwards. So they were facing rows of seats set out for senators to sit and listen in. And they were seated far apart because, you know, they're not best buds, mind you. And what I saw was a long table of panelists, including Musk and Zuckerberg. GRISALES: Well, the press was allowed to enter the room at the top of the meeting. KELLY: We said this was all behind closed doors today. This is Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told the room that the government is ultimately responsible for playing a regulatory role, and the U.S. Bill Gates, the philanthropist and ex-Microsoft CEO, suggested AI could address the hungry, while others said it could boost national security and defense. There were other speakers who were more optimistic this could unlock cures for cancer, for example. Elon Musk, the controversial CEO of Tesla and X - formerly known as Twitter - warned of, quote, "civilizational risk" or threats to humanity, while others in the room talked about protecting workers or vulnerable groups. GRISALES: Well, this is an urgent moment for AI because there's still so many unknowns here. KELLY: So it's unusual to see a group of CEOs all coming together like this, all in Washington on Capitol Hill. Hey there.ĬLAUDIA GRISALES, BYLINE: Hey, Mary Louise. NPR's congressional correspondent Claudia Grisales is here to tell us about what happened today. So the meeting is part of a bigger focus in the U.S. CHUCK SCHUMER: This was an amazing and historic experience where we learned so much, where we began our quest to deal with this so important looming issue, AI.
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