Here's what GOP Sen. Mike Rounds told Musk, Zuckerberg, other experts at closed-door Senate AI Forum

Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., weighs in on whether Ukraine should be given NATO membership and President Biden's decision to send cluster bombs to Ukraine on'Your World.' EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., told a group of tech leaders, union leaders and artificial intelligence experts on Wednesday that AI's rapid advancement has inspired calls for "a new Manhattan-like project" and how the government should regulate AI -- if at all -- is still a matter of debate. Rounds, along with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, is leading the first in a series of bipartisan AI Insight Forums designed to help lawmakers get ahead of AI as it permeates everyday life. Wednesday's session saw the attendance of Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, X owner Elon Musk, AFL-CIO union boss Elizabeth Shuler and others. "Today, we stand at the beginning of a journey of monumental change. While Artificial Intelligence has been around in various forms for years, recent advances in the most cutting-edge models have shown us just how capable the technology has become," Rounds told the closed-door meeting, according to prepared comments obtained exclusively by Fox News Digital.