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Just before his paternity leave last fall, Representative Greg Casar of Texas was given some light reading — less Goodnight Moon, more “good-bye, humanity.” “A young staffer handed me If Anybody Builds It, Everyone Dies,” says Casar, referring to a book co-written by researcher Nate Soares that argues against building artificial superintelligence.
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Phone-based digital identification systems adopted at the state level are becoming more urgently needed with the growth of identity and payment fraud, two members of Congress said Tuesday.
In an interview with "Forbes Newsroom," Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) discussed the growing threat of AI deepfakes, the potential for criminals to exploit the technology for identity fraud, and the challenges of distinguishing authentic content from increasingly convincing fakes.
Industry leaders called for an AI slowdown and for guardrails to be put in place after a whistleblower sounded the alarm on the technology’s potential to wipe out humanity. Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) joined “Forbes Newsroom” to discuss those safety concerns and legislation to implement guardrails on AI.
During a House Financial Committee hearing on Tuesday, Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) asked Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent about AI's risk to the economy.
Technology upgrades at federal financial agencies could be on the horizon after the House passed a bill late Tuesday aimed at arming the regulators with better digital tools.
The FUTURES Act (short for the Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act) cleared the lower chamber by a 417-7 tally following a floor debate over the bill (H.R. 8278) Monday.
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon rarely agree on much. But at a conference in Washington on Tuesday, the progressive senator and the former Trump adviser delivered strikingly similar warnings about the risks artificial intelligence poses to workers, democracy and the future of humanity.
Tech leaders call for a slowdown in AI development over safety fears. For an AI safety special, The World This Weekend looks at what the latest models can do and whether we should all be concerned.