Sam Altman, creator of the popular AI model ChatGPT tried to convince skeptical lawmakers to pursue light-handed AI reforms that give OpenAI room to stay ahead of competitors.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made his Congressional debut before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee today. He rolled out the charm offensive to try and convince lawmakers to pursue light-handed legislation that gives artificial intelligence—company’s product ChatGPT first among them—a wide runway to rapidly advance. Altman’s rosy testimony expounding on the societal virtues of generative AI ran counter to other expert witnesses, who expressed more skepticism and brought up discrimination and other unintended AI harms.
Altman said of the public’s understanding of ChatGPT and text-generating AI, “For a while, people were fooled by PhotoShop. Then they quickly developed an understanding around altered images. This will be like that, but on steroids.”
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made his Congressional debut before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee today. He rolled out the charm offensive to try and convince lawmakers to pursue light-handed legislation that gives artificial intelligence—company’s product ChatGPT first among them—a wide runway to rapidly advance. Altman’s rosy testimony expounding on the societal virtues of generative AI ran counter to other expert witnesses, who expressed more skepticism and brought up discrimination and other unintended AI harms.
Altman said of the public’s understanding of ChatGPT and text-generating AI, “For a while, people were fooled by PhotoShop. Then they quickly developed an understanding around altered images. This will be like that, but on steroids.”
The hearing came during a crucial inflection point for large language models like ChatGPT with lawmakers and regulators publicly struggling to stay a step ahead of the rapidly evolving tech. Google, Altman’s Open AI, Microsoft, Meta, and others are simultaneously in a dead sprint to determine who will emerge as the biggest winner in the new AI arms race
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