WASHINGTON: Sam Altmanthe executive director of ChatGPT:of OpenAI:told US lawmakers on Tuesday that the regulator artificial intelligence important after its chatbot took the world by storm.
The latest figure to emerge from Silicon Valley, Altman, tested up to a US Senate commission and urged Congress to set new rules for big tech, despite deep political divisions that have blocked legislation governing the Internet for years.
But governments around the world are under pressure to move quickly after the release of ChatGPT, a bot that can produce human-like content in an instant, went viral and both delighted and bewildered users.
Since then, Altman has become the global face of AI, as he both promotes his company’s technologies, including Microsoft’s, and warns that the work could have harmful effects on society.
“OpenAI was founded on the belief that artificial intelligence has the potential to improve almost every aspect of our lives, but it also poses serious risks,” Altman said at a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing.
He argued that over time, generative intelligence developed by OpenAI will one day “solve humanity’s greatest challenges, such as climate change and curing cancer.”
However, given the risk of misinformation, jobs and other issues, “we believe that regulatory intervention by governments will be important to mitigate the risks of increasingly powerful models,” he said.
Altman suggested that the US government could consider a combination of licensing and testing requirements before releasing powerful AI models.
He also recommended labeling and increased global coordination in technology rulemaking.
“I think the US should lead here and do things first, but we need something global to be effective,” he added.
The subcommittee’s chairman, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, opened the session by playing a recording of a persuasive version of AI, in which he read comments generated by ChatGPT.
Artificial intelligence technologies are “more than just research experiments. They are no longer sci-fi fantasies, they are real and present,” says Blumenthal.
The latest figure to emerge from Silicon Valley, Altman, tested up to a US Senate commission and urged Congress to set new rules for big tech, despite deep political divisions that have blocked legislation governing the Internet for years.
But governments around the world are under pressure to move quickly after the release of ChatGPT, a bot that can produce human-like content in an instant, went viral and both delighted and bewildered users.
Since then, Altman has become the global face of AI, as he both promotes his company’s technologies, including Microsoft’s, and warns that the work could have harmful effects on society.
“OpenAI was founded on the belief that artificial intelligence has the potential to improve almost every aspect of our lives, but it also poses serious risks,” Altman said at a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing.
He argued that over time, generative intelligence developed by OpenAI will one day “solve humanity’s greatest challenges, such as climate change and curing cancer.”
However, given the risk of misinformation, jobs and other issues, “we believe that regulatory intervention by governments will be important to mitigate the risks of increasingly powerful models,” he said.
Altman suggested that the US government could consider a combination of licensing and testing requirements before releasing powerful AI models.
He also recommended labeling and increased global coordination in technology rulemaking.
“I think the US should lead here and do things first, but we need something global to be effective,” he added.
The subcommittee’s chairman, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, opened the session by playing a recording of a persuasive version of AI, in which he read comments generated by ChatGPT.
Artificial intelligence technologies are “more than just research experiments. They are no longer sci-fi fantasies, they are real and present,” says Blumenthal.