Is Congress Moving Too Slowly on A.I.?

At a White House summit on July 21, the Biden administration brought together the heads of seven different A.I. companies. A lot of the big names were there--Meta, Google, OpenAI--and they all signed "voluntary commitments" to safeguard artificial intelligence. In the Senate, Chuck Schumer is proposing a framework that legislators can use to tackle A.I. issues. But while the A.I. industry is moving at a breakneck pace, Washington is, as usual, slow to regulate. On Friday's episode of What Next: TBD, I spoke with Makena Kelly, who covers politics and policy for the Verge, about whether Washington can keep up with A.I. Our conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.