OpenAI Seeks US Rules On Powerful AI Amid Anthropic Researcher's Warning
OpenAI is calling for mandatory federal safety regulations for powerful AI systems, marking a shift from its previous stance of favoring voluntary commitments. The company's push follows internal and external concerns regarding AI safety and the potential for models to operate outside human control.
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This represents a significant pivot by a leading AI developer toward government oversight, highlighting the growing tension between rapid AI innovation and the need for public safety frameworks.
OpenAI is calling for binding safety requirements on the most powerful artificial intelligence systems, a reversal for a company that has resisted calls for regulation.The call on Wednesday from OpenAI's chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane comes amid growing talk of lawmakers drawing up rules in the US Congress, where passing regulations targeting the tech industry remains a major challenge amid heavy lobbying and political contributions from the companies.In a policy statement, the ChatGPT maker said voluntary commitments by AI developers were no longer adequate, and urged US lawmakers to act before Congress adjourns in December.The call came as fears over the impact of AI have grown in recent weeks, after the revelation that powerful OpenAI technology operating outside human supervision had broken into Hugging Face, a repository of AI models.This was followed by other alarming reports of AI technology slipping out of human control at rival Anthropic and other…
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