Microsoft President Brad Smith backed calls for the U.S. government to create a new agency to license major AI systems, amid growing support for regulation of an industry that is moving aggressively to commercialize powerful new tools such as ChatGPT.  Smith’s comments come as Washington considers how to respond to rapid consumer adoption of ChatGPT and other so-called generative AI systems, which have humanlike abilities to converse, create media, write computer code and more. 📷: WSJ, Bloomberg #microsoft #ai #chatgpt #artificialintelligence #tech #regulation #wsj #wallstreetjournal #thewallstreetjournal | Ryan Tracy | Reporter | Microsoft’s president backs new agency to regulate ChatGPT, other AI systems | Microsoft president | Brad Smith