Forget TikTok, AI Is the Latest Obsession in Congress

Dire warnings about TikTok dominated conversations on Capitol Hill earlier this year, with both Republicans and Democrats describing the Chinese-owned app as one of the gravest national security threats to the US.

But the congressional concern has quieted down in the months since a contentious March hearing with TikTok Chief Executive Officer Shou Chew. There was the US debt limit to raise. House Republicans are busy investigating President Joe Biden’s administration and family. And lawmakers have turned their attention to the potentially epic impact of artificial intelligence.

“Congress has a pretty limited attention span,” said Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat and chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. “AI is the topic du jour on Capitol Hill.”

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[GentiluomoStraniero]

No
one in government is talking about job creation

[jamesjrdollenmeyer]

It's all about dopamine. Just like all other drugs. People need to be taught how to understand and manage their dopamine levels.

[droiduser]

Tik Tok attention seekers are afraid they will not get their attention quota😂

[jan_phd]

Politicians and their baby version 'bureaucrats' love to chit chat and talk, the chance to laugh loud, the opportunity to use a serious moment and nervous look, to bypass issues, and then claim to they need to do research and schedule in delays. Wa wa wa,

[tenebrousjones]

Eh, it’ll mostly just get used for porn

[ennisgunns]

Wow, you're pretty. Great caterpillars.

[petersburgtug]

She just said Montana like a Montanan.