
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."