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Salon
Science
Rae Hodge

HISTORICAL FACTS: Is congress finally taking ai seriously - Caught on Camera

To make good on his vow that artificial intelligence issues will top his chamber's to-do list, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will have some computer science homework to do over the summer. But today, he's starting with the first of three closed-door Senate briefings, as announced in April. The last of which, Schumer said, will mark the first time Congress has ever had a classified briefing on AI. 

In a Tuesday letter to colleagues, Schumer called on the chamber to "deepen our expertise in this pressing topic."

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