Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, urged US lawmakers to regulate artificial intelligence companies during a Senate hearing. The Washington Post reported on May 16.
Altman advocates regulation
Altman, whose company founded ChatGPT, said the US government should regulate large AI models by establishing a licensing body, a set of safety standards and independent audit requirements.
Altman warned that “if [AI] goes wrong, it can go very wrong.” He expressed his support for an international standards body that would regulate AI in the same way that global governments have regulated nuclear weapons.
He also expressed specific concerns about the potential use of AI in influencing elections, calling this issue “one of the [his] areas of most concern.”
Officials, meanwhile, raised concerns about the concentration of power among AI development companies, neglect of non-English languages in AI training, and the implications of AI for copyright protection and data privacy.
Despite his concerns, Altman and IBM executive Christina Montgomery rejected suggestions that there should be a halt or moratorium on AI development. In contrast, several technology leaders, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, signed a letter in March urging a six-month pause in AI development.
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