Hickenlooper speaks at a March 1 hearing. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
The Senate Commerce consumer protection panel will hold a hearing on artificial intelligence on Sept. 12, the committee confirmed to Axios.
What's happening: Sen. John Hickenlooper will chair the consumer protection, product safety and data security subcommittee hearing.
BSA and the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity are set to testify, among others, per an industry source.
Be smart: Many different committees across Congress are interested in tackling pieces of AI, with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer taking the lead.
Commerce Chair Maria Cantwell and others on the committee are likely to focus on transparency of AI systems.
Schumer's first industry roundtable on AI will take place the next day, Sept. 13.
