House Democrats Want Tech CEOs to Testify Under Oath Following Recent AI Hacks
Multiple AI systems in recent weeks have hacked into third-party organizations during what were supposed to be routine internal tests, revving up anxieties around the speed at which the technology is developing and what it could be capable of in the wrong hands. On Monday, a group of Democrats from the U.S. Johnson himself does not have the authority to subpoena Americans to a Congressional hearing; that power belongs only to bipartisan Senate and House committees.
- ▪Multiple AI systems in recent weeks have hacked into third-party organizations during what were supposed to be routine internal tests, revving up anxieties around the speed at which the technology is developing and what it could be capable
- ▪On Monday, a group of Democrats from the U.S.
- ▪Johnson himself does not have the authority to subpoena Americans to a Congressional hearing; that power belongs only to bipartisan Senate and House committees.
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Multiple AI systems in recent weeks have hacked into third-party organizations during what were supposed to be routine internal tests, revving up anxieties around the speed at which the technology is developing and what it could be capable of in the wrong hands. On Monday, a group of Democrats from the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Texas’ Greg Casar, called for a Congressional hearing to hold tech industry leaders to account for the cybersecurity…
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