ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

“We want to make it easier for anyone to create on YouTube,” CEO Neal Mohan said.

One of those execs, Microsoft President Brad Smith, testified that a "safety brake" is needed for AI systems that manage critical infrastructure like power grids and water systems.

This week will feature a series of public hearings on artificial intelligence. But all eyes will be on the closed-door gathering convened by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

While there’s no immediate sign Congress will craft sweeping new AI rules, the societal concerns have led U.S. agencies to promise to crack down on harmful AI products that break existing civil rights and consumer protection laws.

Apps promising AI-generated sexual images and companionship are running hundreds of ads on social media. Human sex workers are often banned.

A lawsuit alleges AI image generators violate artists' rights by ingesting huge troves of digital images and producing derivative works that compete against the originals.

Deepfakes have circulated online for years, mostly as warnings. Now, the proliferation of advanced video manipulation technology has made them easy to produce.

Representatives from advocacy, civil rights, workers and creative groups also will be at the closed-door bipartisan meeting organized by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

The tool has been in development for “under a year” and had the help of more than 20 companies of varying sizes and industries, OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap told CNBC. 

A review of job postings found at least 26 AI roles from film and TV studios.

At Def Con, a major hacking conference held in Las Vegas, hundreds of people took their shot at manipulating chatbots, an effort meant to help find flaws in popular AI systems.