Josh Hawley

Do we really want chatbots telling people to kill themselves? Is there social good in that, that I am missing somewhere?

Do you want AI encouraging a teenager--what if this had been a teenager who the AI chatbot was encouraging to kill himself?

Senator Blumenthal and I, who you were just talking to a second ago, he and I have a bipartisan bill that would say that parents and others who are harmed by AI should be able to get into court.

I think your position is just absolutely extraordinary.

What 230 has absolutely, for sure done is help the companies who are your members pad their profits.

Why should the biggest, most powerful technology companies in the history of the world, why should they be insulated from accountability?

I've got major concerns with--with how it is playing out, and particularly when it comes to fentanyl.

I think your position is just absolutely extraordinary.

Do you want AI encouraging a teenager--what if this had been a teenager who the AI chatbot was encouraging to kill himself?

We are absolutely willing to allow a parent whose child is harmed by our technology, we are absolutely willing to allow that parent to have their day in court.

Why should the biggest, most powerful technology companies in the history of the world, why should they be insulated from accountability?

Are you saying that we have to accept AI chatbots encouraging people to kill themselves for the possibility that maybe it will cure cancer?

That is, as one witness said at that Committee hearing, that's like a 737 crashing every single day.

That is, as one witness said at that Committee hearing, that's like a 737 crashing every single day.

Are you saying that we have to accept AI chatbots encouraging people to kill themselves for the possibility that maybe it will cure cancer?

I think your position is just absolutely extraordinary.

We’ve got 190 people a day in the United States who die of fentanyl overdose.

Why should the biggest, most powerful technology companies in the history of the world, why should they be insulated from accountability?

Do we want AI chatbots that encourage people to commit suicide, do we want them being able to talk to teenagers?

Do we really want chatbots telling people to kill themselves? Is there social good in that, that I am missing somewhere?

Thanks to the witnesses for being here, and thanks to the Chair for holding a hearing on this topic.

Why shouldn't these companies...allow a parent whose child is harmed by our technology...to have their day in court?

What 230 has absolutely, for sure done is help the companies who are your members pad their profits.

Senator Blumenthal and I...have a bipartisan bill that would say that parents and others who are harmed by AI should be able to get into court.

I've got major concerns with--with how it is playing out, and particularly when it comes to fentanyl.