Congress has been ‘asleep at the wheel’ over AI, says Bernie Sanders – US politics live

Senator says ‘ignorance of president regarding this issue is truly embarrassing’ at conference on artificial intelligenceTrump facing AI backlash in Congress as push for guardrails intensifiesSign up for US Breaking News emailsKash Patel, the FBI director, is now testifying before lawmakers on the Senate judiciary committee. A reminder that the last time he appeared before Congress was in May, when he sparred with senators on the appropriations committee and denied – under oath – allegations of excessive drinking and unexplained absences on the job, dismissing them as “baseless” during a fiery congressional hearing.Today’s hearing is also expected to be full of heated