I was really struck by how not adversarial this hearing was and how lawmakers were very friendly, particularly towards Sam Altman. The posture was so different. There wasn't this sort of performative I'm so angry. Your company's terrible for democracy. It's sort of tenor in the questioning. And that was a very different thing that I've seen and surprising from hearings in past. They weren't asking the CEO of Google how an iPhone works. But they were looking to Sam Altman for answers and for guidance. So I would say not totally reassuring.

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