The overnight success of AI-powered ChatGPT has triggered a frenzy among Washington lawmakers to draft new laws addressing the promise and peril of the burgeoning field. Lawmakers’ gaps in technical expertise have provided an opening for corporate interests. Executives motivated to develop AI without hindrance are flocking to Washington, eager to lend a hand in lawmakers’ education — and influence policy.
Source: Congress is racing to regulate AI. Silicon Valley is eager to teach them how.