Press Releases
(Washington, DC) – Today, the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held a bipartisan meeting with representatives from Hugging Face, METR, OpenAI, and Anthropic. During the roundtable, Members discussed recent loss-of-control incidents among different AI systems and how to prevent these events from happening in the future. The Members also considered different policy actions to build an AI governance strategy.
WATSONVILLE, CA — Today, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) announced that the City of Watsonville Police Department received a $22,285 Byrne JAG grant for crime analysis software. This will allow the agency to collect and analyze data on crime patterns, trends, and hot spots. Crime analysis will help identify areas with high levels of crime and assist in the deployment of limited resources to address crime more efficiently.
(Washington, DC) — Today, NASA, in partnership with SpaceX, successfully launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Named for NASA's first chief astronomer, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, or “Roman,” is NASA’s newest flagship observatory. It is designed to explore the universe, addressing some of the most important science questions identified by the astronomy community. Roman was the top priority large mission of the 2010 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey.
SAN JOSÉ, CA — On Wednesday at San José State University, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Ranking Member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, convened a roundtable of civic, academic, agricultural, and technology leaders to discuss the potential impacts artificial intelligence may have on agricultural productivity and water security. California’s 18th district, containing both Silicon Valley and the Salinas Valley, is uniquely positioned at the intersection of technology and agriculture, two of California’s defining economies.
