NPR.

Right at the end of last year, ChatGBT got released.

And since then, there's been a flurry of discussions and speculations and use cases.

Congress, very quickly, has held a hearing on artificial intelligence that was last week.

This is a first step really for politicians to discuss AI's promises and risks.

Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today.

Behind this wooden table, we had Sam Altman, he's the CEO of OpenAI, which makes ChatGBT.

But also they did create serious risks.

We have to take a look.

And right beside Sam was a cognitive scientist named Gary Marcus.

Thank you, Sanders.

Today's meeting is his daughter.

Gary's an emeritus professor at New York University and has written and talked a lot

about the potential dangers of AI.

And one thing that really stood out to us at this historic hearing was this line from

Sam Altman from OpenAI.

The US government might consider a combination of licensing and testing requirements for development

and release of AI models above a threshold of capabilities.

A company asking for licensing, like some kind of FDA approval for AI products to ensure

their safety.

This is not the stereotype of business lobbyists out to slash red tape.

This is the opposite.

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