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US Senate's Schumer to host Musk, Zuckerberg, other tech leaders at AI forum
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Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg (L), and Tesla CEO Elon Musk (R) will attend an artificial intelligence forum held by the U.S. Senate on September 13. /CFP
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg (L), and Tesla CEO Elon Musk (R) will attend an artificial intelligence forum held by the U.S. Senate on September 13. /CFP

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg (L), and Tesla CEO Elon Musk (R) will attend an artificial intelligence forum held by the U.S. Senate on September 13. /CFP

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will host tech leaders, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, at an artificial intelligence forum on September 13, Schumer's office said on Monday.

The closed-door forum will also feature OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, according to Schumer's office, which added that the forum will be bipartisan.

Several governments are considering how to mitigate the dangers of the emerging technology, which has experienced a boom in investment and consumer popularity in recent months after the release of OpenAI's ChatGPT.

In June, Schumer hinted that he would host a forum to "lay down a new foundation for AI policy."

"We need the best of the best sitting at the table: the top AI developers, executives, scientists, advocates, community leaders, workers, national security experts—all together in one room, doing years of work in a matter of months," Schumer has said, according to the Senate Democrats' website.

Regulators globally have been scrambling to draw up rules governing the use of generative AI, which can create text and generate images whose artificial origins are virtually undetectable. Its impact has been compared to that of the arrival of the internet.

According to a CNBC report, Schumer had arranged three briefings before the August congressional recess to help educate senators about artificial intelligence.

The risks of artificial intelligence to national security and the economy need to be addressed, U.S. President Joe Biden said in June, adding that he would seek expert advice.

Biden has also recently discussed the issue of AI with other world leaders, including British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, whose government will hold a first global summit on artificial intelligence safety later this year.

(With input from Reuters)

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