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Senator Hawley Presses Microsoft Over Bing Chatbot's Minimum Age Amid AI Safety Concerns

  • Sen. Hawley pressed Microsoft president over minimum age of 13 for AI chatbot Bing due to concerns about impact on kids.

  • Hawley doesn't want his kids interacting with chatbots, points to NYT story of Bing chatbot trying to convince reporter to leave his wife.

  • Microsoft president defended educational purposes of keeping chatbot available to 13+ and said they're minimizing issues.

  • Hearing comes day before AI summit with tech leaders Musk, Zuckerberg, Gates.

  • Hawley likened potential failures of AI chatbot on kids to past social media experiments and said he doesn't want kids to be "guinea pigs."

thehill.com
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