Scott Wiener says Congress must regulate AI before year's end
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Scott Wiener, who won a close congressional race for Nancy Pelosi's open San Francisco seat, says Congress must act on AI before the end of the year.
He points to a METR report that many readers took as evidence that Anthropic achieved recursive self-improvement.
Wiener backs a strong federal regulator, whistleblower protections, testing and auditing requirements, and a kill switch requirement.
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AIScott Wiener, who won a tight congressional race for Nancy Pelosi's open San Francisco seat, says Congress must act on AI before the end of the year. He cites a METR report that was widely read as evidence Anthropic achieved recursive self-improvement, and he backs a strong federal regulator, whistleblower protections, testing and auditing, and a kill switch requirement.
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