Cybersecurity and technology experts warned lawmakers Wednesday that recent artificial intelligence and machine learning advancements have outpaced current policies within the federal government, necessitating new regulations and standards to help grapple with the rapid development of emerging technologies.
And while there’s little debate about AI/ML’s potential to threaten U.S. national security and the nation’s status as the leader in technology innovation when compared to near-peer rivals like China and Russia, who should develop the guardrails to shape the technology’s development, and the urgency in which those are crafted, are somewhat divided.
