Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) spoke with Cheddar about sexual assault allegations against his Democratic colleague Senator Al Franken. He said he supports and investigation by the Ethics Committee into the incident. Moments after the House Republicans passed its version of a tax reform bill, the Michigan Senator gave us his thoughts on the plan. He worries about the debt younger generations will inherit if the House or Senate versions of the bill make it to President Trump's desk. Senator Peters also believes the autonomous vehicles will cause a technology revolution, similar to the assembly line. He is working on legislation to advance testing and development of self-driving car.

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The Role of Government in Regulating Artificial Intelligence
In October, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, said artificial intelligence is the next major revolution of our time and selected a state minister to focus on this space. The newly appointed Omar Sultan AlOlama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence for the UAE, says his top priority is to discuss how governments should address A.I., and put regulations in place. In September Elon Musk tweeted, "Competition for A.I. superiority at a national level most likely cause of WW3." Musk has been no stranger about his fears of A.I. AlOlama says every concern is valid. He says Mark Zuckerberg is talking about the short term, while Elon Musk has his eyes on long term. But governments need to have these types of discussions today, says AlOlama. The UAE is also working on a project in partnership with Oxford University and UNESCO to restore artifacts through technology. Recently, ISIS has destroyed historic artifacts. Through this partnership, the group 3D printed the Arc of Palmyra to bring it back to life. The World Government Summit is from February 11th to February 13th. Omar Bin Sultan Al Olama is the Managing Director of the summit.
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Mass Misinformation in Full Display on Capitol Hill
Dana Wollman, Executive Editor at Engadget and Michael Simon, Writer for PC World, join Cheddar for the second day in a row to discuss testimony on Russia's use of social media to meddle in the 2016 election. We discuss the questioning pointed at Facebook, Twitter, and Google in order to understand just how widespread misinformation was on their platforms. The executives faced questioning from the House and Senate Intel Committees Wednesday, with House members putting Facebook ads on display during the hearing. Some received tens of thousands of likes and millions of impressions. Dana discussed the ads, noting that many of them simply played on race issues already existing in America. Michael agrees that the ads made clear that their purpose was to play on our own fears as a society and to divide the nation further. Cheddar Host Tim Stenovec discusses a statement released by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that stated: "Protecting our community is more important than maximizing our profits." This statement made in reference to Facebook's intention to invest heavily in artificial intelligence that will help the company in more control of its accounts and the information placed on the platform. However, investment in the technology would see operating expenses rise 45% to 60%, cutting heavily into profits. Simon notes his belief that Zuckerberg is serious about this investment. Dana delves deeper into Representative Adam Schiff's interrogation of the perceived slow response that Facebook took to understand the spread of misinformation on its platform. She adds that the issue here is the algorithm, noting the controversy over the type of content it favors. Michael discusses the dark side of social media, which the Russia investigation has exposed, adding that he is not sure if we will ever actually know just how widespread these Russian ads really were. Dana notes that she can't give a specific time frame, but she expects this investigation to lead to legislation sometime in the near future.
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