The AHA’s October 20 Congressional Briefing on historical perspectives on artificial intelligence is featured in a news article from Virginia Tech highlighting the participation of Janet Abbate, a professor of science, technology, and society at the university. Abbate joins Matthew Connelly (Columbia Univ.) and Jeffrey R. Yost (Univ. of Minnesota), along with moderator Matthew L. Jones (Princeton Univ.), to put the current conversations and policy debates on artificial intelligence into historical context.