How a New Bipartisan Task Force Is Thinking About Artificial Intelligence

On Tuesday, speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson and Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries launched a bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence. Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, and Jeffries, a New York Democrat, each appointed 12 members to the Task Force, which will be chaired by Representative Jay Obernolte, a California Republican, and co-chaired by Representative Ted Lieu, a California Democrat. According to the announcement, the Task Force will "produce a comprehensive report that will include guiding principles, forward-looking recommendations and bipartisan policy proposals developed in consultation with committees of jurisdiction." Obernolte--who has a masters in AI from the University of California, Los Angeles and founded the video game company FarSight Studios--and Lieu--who studied computer science and political science at Stanford University--are natural picks to lead the Task Force. But many of the members have expertise in AI too.