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Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.) will become the next co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus, current co-chair Rep. Pete Olson (R-Texas) announced Thursday at an Axios event about the future of AI.

The big picture: Rep. John Delaney (D-Md.), the founder of the caucus, will be stepping down to concentrate on his presidential run.

Rep. Jerry McNerney named co-chair of Congress' AI Caucus

Founder John Delaney will step down to focus on his presidential run.

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Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.) will become the next co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus, current co-chair Rep. Pete Olson (R-Texas) announced Thursday at an Axios event about the future of AI.The big picture: Rep. John Delaney (D-Md.), <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="the founder of the caucus" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/delaney-the-ai-optimist-for-president-8db3eb3b-5166-461c-9466-c1b90e7fe3f0.html" data-vars-content-id="13066532-2cc1-4a5a-9ced-292386d79e8e" data-vars-headline="Rep. Jerry McNerney named co-chair of Congress&#x27; AI Caucus" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/delaney-the-ai-optimist-for-president-8db3eb3b-5166-461c-9466-c1b90e7fe3f0.html" target="_self">the founder of the caucus</a>, will be stepping down to concentrate on his presidential run.Go deeper: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="The AI-optimist for president" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/delaney-the-ai-optimist-for-president-8db3eb3b-5166-461c-9466-c1b90e7fe3f0.html" data-vars-content-id="13066532-2cc1-4a5a-9ced-292386d79e8e" data-vars-headline="Rep. Jerry McNerney named co-chair of Congress&#x27; AI Caucus" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/delaney-the-ai-optimist-for-president-8db3eb3b-5166-461c-9466-c1b90e7fe3f0.html" target="_self">The AI-optimist for president</a>

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