Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI and co-founder of Worldcoin, recently testified before Congress alongside IBM’s chief of trust, Christina Montgomery, and NYU professor Gary Marcus. 

The Senate Judiciary Privacy, Technology, & the Law Subcommittee session represented Altman’s first official appearance before Congress, giving senators the opportunity to question the OpenAI CEO concerning his company’s views on regulation.

‘If this technology goes wrong, it can go quite wrong.’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admitted during a Senate hearing that his ‘worst fears’ are causing ‘significant harm to the world’ via developing tech. pic.twitter.com/RROe9DnR2U

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) May 16, 2023

Dubbed a “historic” session by Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, the proceedings focused on understanding the potential threats posed by generative artificial intelligence (AI) models such as ChatGPT and how lawmakers should approach regulation.

Altman’s comments — which were described by congressional members and fellow speaker Marcus as seeming sincere and genuine — appeared to take several Senate members by surprise.

He advocated for the establishment of a federal oversight agency with the authority to issue and revoke development licenses, stated that he believed creators should be compensated when their work is used to train an AI system and agreed that consumers who suffer harm using AI products should be entitled to sue the developer.

Altman shrugged off questions related to the recent “AI pause” letter calling for a six-month moratorium on the deployment of systems more powerful than GPT-4, the AI system underpinning ChatGPT, by stating that OpenAI had spent longer than six months evaluating GPT-4 before deployment. He said the company had no plans to deploy another model within the next six months.

Marcus, a signatory of the pause letter, admitted he agreed more to the spirit of the letter than its contents, but the NYU

Go to Source to See Full Article
Author: Tristan Greene

Did you like this?
Tip BTC Newswire with Cryptocurrency

• Bitcoin
• Bitcoin Cash
• Ethereum
• Litecoin
• Monero
• ZCash

Donate Bitcoin to BTC Newswire

Scan the QR code or copy the address below into your wallet to send some bitcoin:

Donate via Installed Wallet Copy

[X] Click Here to Hide Donation Details

Donate Bitcoin Cash to BTC Newswire

Scan the QR code or copy the address below into your wallet to send bitcoin:

Donate via Installed Wallet Copy

[X] Click Here to Hide Donation Details

Donate Ethereum to BTC Newswire

Scan the QR code or copy the address below into your wallet to send some Ether:

Donate via Installed Wallet Copy

[X] Click Here to Hide Donation Details

Donate Litecoin to BTC Newswire

Scan the QR code or copy the address below into your wallet to send some Litecoin:

Donate via Installed Wallet Copy

[X] Click Here to Hide Donation Details

Donate Monero to BTC Newswire

Scan the QR code or copy the address below into your wallet to send some Monero:

Donate via Installed Wallet Copy

[X] Click Here to Hide Donation Details

Donate ZCash to BTC Newswire

Scan the QR code or copy the address below into your wallet to send some ZCash:

Copy ZCash Address

[X] Click Here to Hide Donation Details