Live from NPR News,
I'm Giles Snyder with tech leaders warning about the potential harm posed by artificial intelligence.
President Trump is dismissing the concern as a conspiracy, and Congress remains divided over how to address the issue.
NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben on the political state of play.
There is a new wave of talk about regulation in Congress,
but Congress is often slow, so this doesn't mean anything is coming soon.
On top of that, midterms are coming up that could reshuffle who is in Congress.
Now, meanwhile, over here at the White House, President Trump is clearly not ready to regulate quickly.
And a social media post that he sees...
Any doomsaying about AI as a hoax, his word.
And he has also talked a lot about how he sees this all as a competition with China.
So he doesn't want anything to slow the U.S.
AI industry down.
The debate in Washington follows a disclosure of AI-related security incidents.
Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell returned to the Capitol
Monday after a three-month absence from a serious fall.
In a statement, McConnell said his recovery has been a long and often frustrating process.
NPR's Claudia Grosalos reports.
The 84-year-old returned to the Senate in a wheelchair with a staff by his side.
McConnell cast his first vote since his hospitalization in June and subsequent treatment.