This week, the CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and the Chief Privacy Officer of IBM testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law. During that hearing, it is reported that both “called on U.S. senators…to more heavily regulate artificial intelligence technologies that are raising ethical, legal and national security concerns.”

According to the Los Angeles Times, OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman agreed that the use of AI could solve big problems, but simultaneously, stated that “If this technology goes wrong, it can go quite wrong.” He posited that companies should have to get a license to operate and conduct a series of tests before releasing new models.

IBM’s Chief Privacy and Trust Officer Christina Montgomery stated that it’s not too late to address how the AI tools are used through “precision regulation.”

For its part, the White House issued a “Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights” for consumers, which is a helpful guide on some harmful effects of AI for consumers, including discrimination by algorithms and abusive data practices that affect consumers’ privacy.

While Congress grapples with how to regulate AI, consumers should continue to research and stay abreast of the good and evil of AI.

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Linn Freedman practices in data privacy and security law, cybersecurity, and complex litigation. She is a member of the Business Litigation Group and the Financial Services Cyber-Compliance Team, and chair’s the firm’s Data Privacy and Security Team. Linn focuses her practice on…

Linn Freedman practices in data privacy and security law, cybersecurity, and complex litigation. She is a member of the Business Litigation Group and the Financial Services Cyber-Compliance Team, and chair’s the firm’s Data Privacy and Security Team. Linn focuses her practice on compliance with all state and federal privacy and security laws and regulations. She counsels a range of public and private clients from industries such as construction, education, health care, insurance, manufacturing, real estate, utilities and critical infrastructure, marine and charitable organizations, on state and federal data privacy and security investigations, as well as emergency data breach response and mitigation. Linn is an Adjunct Professor of the Practice of Cybersecurity at Brown University and an Adjunct Professor of Law at Roger Williams University School of Law.  Prior to joining the firm, Linn served as assistant attorney general and deputy chief of the Civil Division of the Attorney General’s Office for the State of Rhode Island. She earned her J.D. from Loyola University School of Law and her B.A., with honors, in American Studies from Newcomb College of Tulane University. She is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Read her full rc.com bio here.