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ChatGPT chief urges AI regulation in US Senate testimony

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Deutsche Welle

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="This picture taken on Jan. 23, 2023 in Toulouse, southwestern France, shows screens displaying the logos of OpenAI and ChatGPT. ChatGPT is a conversational artificial intelligence software application developed by OpenAI. Lionel Bonaventure, AFP" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/01/25/000_337p9f8-chatgpt.jpg"/><figcaption>This picture taken on Jan. 23, 2023 in Toulouse, southwestern France, shows screens displaying the logos of OpenAI and ChatGPT. ChatGPT is a conversational artificial intelligence software application developed by OpenAI. <em>Lionel Bonaventure, AFP</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Sam Altman, chief executive of the OpenAI firm that developed ChatGPT, called for state regulation of artificial intelligence in Tuesday testimony to US Congress.</p><p>ChatGPT is a chatbot tool that answers questions with human-like responses.</p><p>OpenAI was founded by Altman in 2015. It has developed other AI products, including the image-maker DALL-E.</p><p>Altman&#x27;s testimony comes a week after two European parliamentary committees voted in favor of draft legislation that aims to set up rules around AI.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/05/16/23/dti-says-ai-can-contribute-92-billion-to-ph-economy">DTI says AI can contribute $92 billion to PH economy</a></li></ul><div><strong>What did Sam Altman say?</strong></div><p>&quot;As this technology advances, we understand that people are anxious about how it could change the way we live. We are too,&quot; Altman said.</p><p>&quot;OpenAI was founded on the belief that artificial intelligence has the potential to improve nearly every aspect of our lives, but also that it creates serious risks,&quot; Altman told a Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing.</p><p>Altman said that he believed that generative AI will one day &quot;address some of humanity&#x27;s biggest challenges, like climate change and curing cancer.&quot;</p><p>&quot;We think that regulatory intervention by governments will be critical to mitigate the risks of increasingly powerful models,&quot; he said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/05/09/23/ai-could-replace-80-pct-of-jobs-in-next-few-years-expert">AI could replace 80 pct of jobs &#x27;in next few years&#x27;: expert</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/04/25/23/writer-adviser-poet-bot-how-chatgpt-could-transform-politics">Writer, adviser, poet, bot: How ChatGPT could transform politics</a></li></ul><p>Altman proposed regulations that would include a combination of licensing and testing requirements before AI models are released. He also suggested labelling and an increase in global coordination.</p><p>&quot;I think the US should lead here and do things first, but to be effective we do need something global,&quot; he said.</p><p>Altman argued that a new regulatory agency should impose safeguards that would block AI models that could &quot;self-replicate and self-exfiltrate into the wild.&quot;</p><div><strong>Congress raises concerns around AI misuse</strong></div><p>Subcommittee chairman Richard Blumenthal opened the session by playing a recording of an AI version of himself reading out a text created by ChatGPT.</p><p>Blumenthal said that artificial intelligence technologies &quot;are more than just research experiments.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/05/03/23/ai-godfather-quits-google-and-voices-fears-about-the-field">AI &#x27;godfather&#x27; quits Google and voices fears about the field</a></li></ul><p>&quot;They are no longer fantasies of science fiction, they are real and present,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;What if I had asked it, and what if it had provided, an endorsement of Ukraine surrendering or (Russian President) Vladimir Putin&#x27;s leadership?&quot; the lawmaker asked.</p><p>Blumenthal proposed that AI firms be obliged to disclose known risks before releasing new systems.</p><p>The lawmaker also expressed concerns on how AI could disrupt the job market.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2613954" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he was 'anxious' about how AI could change the way we live, saying the technology has risks.