The CEO of OpenAI, the startup behind ChatGPT, told the US Senate he is concerned about the use of artificial intelligence being used to interfere with election integrity. Speaking before Congress for the first time, CEO Sam Altman suggested that the US government should consider licensing and testing requirements for development of AI models. The White House has convened top technology CEOs for a hearing to discuss the future of artificial intelligence. Industry experts, including Altman, called on lawmakers to introduce a new regulatory agency for the technology to limit its misuse, while senators throughout the hearing drew parallels between social media and generative AI, and the lessons lawmakers had learned form the government’s failure to act on regulating social platforms.
OpenAI CEO calls for laws to mitigate ‘risks of increasingly powerful’ AI
