Today the US Senate held an AI testimony to discuss the risks and chances of AI and possible ways to regulate the sector nationally and globally.

Witnesses testifying include Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI; Gary Marcus, professor emeritus at New York University, and Christina Montgomery, vice president and chief privacy and trust officer at IBM.

I think the discussion was quite good and is relevant for everyone. One thing that stands out is the companies’ wish to be controlled and guided by the government. The EU AI Act was a topic and the need for a global solution was a main talking point. A critical idea was for an agency to give out licenses to companies for developing LLMs, which Sam Altman proposed.

I hope Governments find a way to make sure AI is deployed in a way where everyone profits and the development of the technology is not slowed down or limited to a few people or profits.