Schumer Hosts AI Insight Forums on Workforce and High-Risk Industries, Plans Future Forum Examining AI Impact on Elections

Schumer's AI insight forums, featuring various industry experts, aim to better legislative understanding and policy making amid concerns regarding AI's impact on jobs, high-risk industries, and elections, amidst controversial invitation of Clearview AI.

• Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer hosted two AI insight forums focusing on the potential impacts of artificial intelligence on jobs and high-risk industries such as finance and healthcare. Over two dozen industry experts were invited to provide a comprehensive understanding of the rapidly evolving technology.
• The forums are part of a series, with the fifth forum focusing on the effects of AI on elections expected to take place next week, as concerns about the use of generative AI in election campaigns emerge.
• The first forum featured AI experts from Microsoft, Indeed, Mastercard, American Enterprise Institute, and the Center for American Progress. The key takeaway was the need for human input in AI-driven tasks and the necessity to prevent complete employee replacement by AI.
• The second forum sparked controversy due to the invitation of Clearview AI's CEO, a company criticized for breaching privacy by training AI on public faces without consent. Other panelists included executives from Google and Hugging Face.
• The series of forums aim to facilitate the drafting of legislation so that the United States has effective regulations for AI technology in the near term. The forums have attracted support from lawmakers across the political spectrum.

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