[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 179 (Tuesday, October 31, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S5236]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, now on AI, yesterday, President Biden 
announced the first ever artificial intelligence Executive order that 
will keep America in the lead on AI. Later this morning, the Senate's 
bipartisan AI gang--Senators Rounds, Heinrich, Young, and I--will go to 
the White House to meet with President Biden to discuss how we can work 
together to pursue bipartisan AI legislation.
  I applaud President Biden for doing the right thing by issuing 
yesterday's Executive order. It outlines a number of commonsense 
guardrails that will increase American leadership on safeguards and 
better protect Americans against all sorts of risk, from cyber security 
to bio and nuclear threats.
  President Biden's AI Executive order was welcome news, but everyone 
knows we can and must do more here in Congress. The President's action 
yesterday importunes us to act, to augment and expand his Executive 
order with bipartisan legislation. Congress must act with a sense of 
urgency when it comes to AI because AI is already changing our world in 
dramatic ways, and other countries are trying to gain ground on us.
  Tomorrow, the Senate will continue our bipartisan work on AI with our 
third and fourth AI Insight Forums.
  In the morning, the AI Insight Forum will begin at 10 a.m. tomorrow 
and focus on our workforce, both the risks and opportunities that AI 
presents to American workers and our economy. We will hear from leaders 
in labor, tech, civil rights, and business on how Congress can best 
protect workers from the changes that IA will bring.
  The afternoon AI Insight Forum will bring another diverse group to 
debate how Congress can prepare for AI in high-impact areas, including 
financial decisions, healthcare, law enforcement, among other highly 
consequential use cases. We will be careful to pay attention to 
potential bias when AI is used.
  For the information of Senators, tomorrow's AI Insight Forums will 
take place in the Kennedy Caucus Room. Each will last approximately 2 
hours. I encourage everyone on both sides to attend, and I thank 
Senators Rounds, Heinrich, and Young for their help making these 
bipartisan AI Insight Forums possible.

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