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humans and answer difficult questions. Worries about the side effects grew louder, prompting the U.S. Congress to hold its first hearings to consider whether regulation was necessary.

Our correspondent Kim Jong-won in New York brings you this news.

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The lawmaker in charge of conducting the AI hearing will all begin to speak.

[RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, U.S. SENATOR: Now let me introduce you to a few things.]

But then the speech sounds, [We've often seen what happens when technology advances

faster than regulation.]

The mouth doesn't move at all.

[RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, U.S. SENATOR: You might have thought I was giving a speech, but it wasn't me who was actually speaking right now.]

The speech written by ChatGPT, an AI, was read by the AI voice replication program in the voice of the lawmaker.

It's a question that can be passed off for fun, but what if this speech was about advocating for the invasion of Ukraine or Russian President Putin?

I questioned whether it was terrifying.

He emphasized the need for regulation around AI.

Democrats and Republicans, who are at odds with each other, seem to have a bipartisan agreement.

Sam Altman, the creator of ChatGPT, has even suggested that the government should issue a license to develop AI altogether.

[Sam Altman, founder of ChatGPT (CEO of OpenAI): My biggest fear is that the AI industry is doing a lot of harm to the world, and I think we need to regulate this issue.]

The question is, will regulators in each country be able to keep up with the rapid development of technology due to the nature of AI that has the ability to learn on its own?

At today's (17th) hearing, some lawmakers questioned whether the U.S. government and Congress can afford to regulate AI.

In the midst of this, the Microsoft development team drew attention by publishing a paper that showed that AI has reached the stage of reasoning like a human without human intervention.

(Video Interview: Lee Sang-wook, Video Editing: Jung Yong-hwa)