Congress Is Woefully Unprepared to Regulate Tech

Photo illustration credit: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images / Slate. Article by  Maya Kornberg. Slate: Future Tense – June 25, 2023.

Since March, Congress has held at least 10 hearings about A.I. across eight different committees or subcommittees. The Senate Judiciary Committee grilled the CEO of OpenAI, the Senate Armed Services Committee explored A.I. and defense, and the House Science Committee wanted to know about the latest A.I. innovations. In other words, it’s been a bit of a mess—largely because, unlike agriculture, financial services, and other crucial areas of American life, technology doesn’t have a committee dedicated solely to its regulation. […]

Click here to view original web page at slate.com