Bengio and Lessig pen Economist op-ed urging Congress to act on AI risks
hugo_larochelle · x · 2026-10-14
Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio and legal scholar Lawrence Lessig, an expert on AI regulation, have co-authored an Economist op-ed. Drawing on recent cyber incidents from this past summer, they outline concrete actions Congress could consider to protect the public from AI's major risks, based on their years of conversations on AI legislation.
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