Reporter's Notebook: Congress faces a crisis that the 'AI godfather' warns it may not be ready to address

To hear estimates about the growing power of AI, one might ask AI chatbots how long it will take Congress to regulate the technology.

But you might not need to do that.

You could just inquire with your trusty Capitol Hill correspondent. Let’s call this chatbot "ChadGPT."

REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: CONGRESS MEETS AI AS FEARS OF HUMAN EXTINCTION JOLT CAPITOL HILL

And it truly doesn’t require that much congressional clairvoyance to divine when lawmakers could address AI – despite the forecast of a looming crisis.