WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT) has been named to a congressional bipartisan working group focused on artificial intelligence and other evolving technologies.
The announcement of Moore’s involvement as a vice chair of that effort was made on Sept. 17 by Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY), the leaders of Problem Solvers Caucus in the U.S. House.
Across Capitol Hill, U.S. Sen. John Curtis (R-UT) joined a Senate colleague in calling for swift congressional hearings to inform lawmakers about potential regulatory solutions to the growing challenge of machine intelligence.
“Technology must be wholly designed to improve our lives, further opportunities for rising generations and let the human spirit prevail,” Curtis said in a joint statement with Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) highlighting the need for additional congressional oversight of AI development.
“With no clear partisan divide on this issue,” the senators added, “there is an opportunity to prove that Congress is functional, cooperative and can deliver on what is becoming the hallmark issue of our time.”
Congressional leaders have been growing more concerned about AI in recent weeks, fueled by media reports of hackers provoking AI models to break digital containment.
Without a regulatory framework requiring disclosure, lawmakers justifiably feel they are not getting the full picture of such troubling incidents from AI industry leaders.
Adding to their headaches is the example of Jacob Coxon, an artificial intelligence researcher, who recently resigned form the AI firm Anthropic.
Coxon has called for a slowdown on AI development, claiming that people working on the technology are genuinely frightened about the speed of its advancement and what that could mean for humanity.
Lawmakers in Washington are by no means alone in their concerns about AI. As artificial intelligence becomes more powerful and more present in everyday life, Americans are increasingly searching for answers about what could happen if the technology goes too far, according to a recent study by Go Humanize AI.
In nationwide research, that artificial intelligence tool analyzed AI extinction-related internet searches across the U.S., finding that they have increased by 5000 percent since August of this year.
“AI is becoming part of everyday life incredibly quickly,” explains Yaroslav Kyrychenko, a researcher at Go Humanize AI. “So it is understandable that people are also thinking about where the technology could eventually lead.”
So far, the White House is opposed to congressional efforts to rein in artificial intelligence research, with President Donald Trump telling reporters that the U.S. is ahead of China in the breakneck AI race and needs to stay that way.
Curtis typically disagrees.
“We are calling for immediate public hearings to bring lawmakers, model makers and other stakeholders into the same room to work through solutions that maintain American’s competition edge in AI development while ensuring that these technologies serve human interests and remain under human control,” he argues.
“Americans deserve representation in Congress that is not only well-informed on cutting-edge AI development,” Curtis adds, “but also has the wherewithal to cross the aisle and overcome political pressures to address the concerns these technologies pose.”
The Problem Solvers Caucus is a group of members of Congress — split between Republicans and Democrats — committed to advancing common-sense solutions to key issues facing the nation.
Go Humanize AI is an artificial intelligence tool that transforms AI-generated text into natural, human-like content while preserving the original author’s meaning.