Artificial Intelligence Focus of Senate Commerce Subcommittee Hearing Wednesday

Artificial intelligence, its policy implications and impact on commerce will be the focus of a Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Space, Science and Competitiveness hearing Wednesday. Witnesses listed are Steve Chien, senior research scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology; OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Greg Brockman; Andrew Futreal, professor at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Eric Horvitz, Microsoft Research Lab managing director; and Andrew Moore, dean of Carnegie Mellon University's computer sciences school. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairs the subcommittee. The 2:30 p.m. hearing will be in 253 Russell.