OpenAI’s Sam Altman supported industry regulation.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified before the Senate, kicking off a series of hearings on artificial intelligence.a reporter who covers the politics and power influencing the tech industry. Before joining The Verge in 2018, she covered Congress and breaking news.Kicking off a series of AI hearings Tuesday, Sen. Richard Blumenthal used a text-to-voice generator trained on hours of his speeches to deliver an opening statement before OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
“We believe that the benefits of the tools we have deployed so far vastly outweigh the risks,” Altman said in his opening testimony. “However, we think that regulatory intervention by governments will be critical to mitigate the risks of increasingly powerful models.”Lawmakers’ apparent excitement contrasted starkly with their highly critical past questioning of CEOs like Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and TikTok’s Shou Zi Chew.
Congress’ plan to regulate AI is still unclear after Tuesday’s hearing, which was just the first of several that lawmakers plan to hold over the summer. A new regulatory agency was discussed the most, but lawmakers ran other ideas past Altman, like making AI companies liable for the harms they inflict on users.
Some lawmakers have already introduced bills to restrict the use of AI across industries. Rep. Yvette Clarke put outin political ads that use AI-generated content. Sen. Amy Klobuchar put out companion legislation in the Senate ahead of the hearing.
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