Hill October 26, 2023
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Thursday the U.S. is ahead of China on artificial intelligence (AI), but he warned that the “gap is narrowing” and the U.S. has to keep pushing ahead.
“If we don’t do anything, China’s going to get ahead of us,” Schumer said during an interview at a Washington Post Live event.
“If you talk to our leading experts, whether it’s the [Department of Defense], [National Security Agency], or [Central Intelligence Agency], or any of those places, we’re ahead. But the gap is narrowing. We cannot sit, [cannot] just relax,” he added.
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