Washington AI Network and EqualAI Co-host ‘AI Happy Hour’

The education of and debates about artificial intelligence policy on Capitol Hill were front and center at the AI Happy Hour co-hosted by Equal AI and the Washington AI Network and Friday, January 26. 

EqualAI president Miriam Vogel, who also chairs the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC), and Washington AI Network founder Tammy Haddad gathered industry stakeholders and key congressional staffers working to address questions surrounding the legislation and development of generative AI.

The reception followed a briefing organized by EqualAI with Hill staff and AI experts featuring Elham Tabassi, Chief AI Officer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

Guests at the happy hour included the former U.S. Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith, U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Caroline Edwards, Booking Holdings’ Maryam Mujica, the Horizon Institute’s Remco Zwetsloot, the Atlantic Council and Hill TV’s Kevin Cirilli, Chief of Staff to Sen. Mitt Romney Liz Johnson, Chief Competition Officer at the Department of Transportation Jen Howard, Congressional Policy Fellow Ollie Stephenson, Rep. Jay Obernolte’s Communication Director Robby Burke, Sen. Martin Heinrich’s Legislative Fellow Max Katz, Counsel to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Johanna Thomas, and EqualAI’s Tina Huang.