Josh Hawley: “For the record, there is one witness whom we invited who you won't be hearing from today, and that's Sam…”

“It would leave little doubt that OpenAI and their employees would be guilty of federal crimes and liable to victims. For the record, there is one witness whom we invited who you won't be hearing from today, and that's Sam Altman of OpenAI. For not just comfort, but to have an understanding of what these companies that are the most powerful companies in the world are doing right now with the most powerful technology ever known to them, race, race, race against each other.” (01:29–01:35)

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