Driving The Day

Today is July 23, 2024, and here are the key policymaker and stakeholder actions on AI you need to know: Competition regulators in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union released a joint statement expressing their commitment to address AI-related competition risks. A group of U.S. senators sent a letter to OpenAI requesting information about the company’s efforts “to meet its public commitments on safety.” Meta suggested the EU risks creating a technology gap between Europe and other parts of the world after the EU asked Meta to “pause the training of its future AI models on data in the region.” Lastly, the MIT Technology Review examined how well AI developers adhered to voluntary commitments made with the White House last year.

In this issue:

• Washington in Focus: House Committee holds hearing on AI applications in financial services and housing.

• Around the Nation: Los Angeles Schools superintendent wants task force to tell him what went wrong with the district’s AI chatbot technology.

• Across the Pond: European Writers Council issues joint statement on the impact of AI on the European creative community.

• Global Highlights: Japan’s copyright rules draw AI groups—and alarm from creators. 

• Outside Views: Axios discusses what it calls the “AI-generated disinformation dystopia that wasn't.”

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