OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies before the Senate: 4 key takeaways

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The ChatGPT creator and others spoke to the Senate Judiciary Committee about the future of artificial intelligence.

 

Alexander Nazaryan · Senior White House Correspondent

 

If the burgeoning artificial intelligence industry has a spokesman, then it is Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI and creator of ChatGPT. On Tuesday, Altman testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in what turned out to be a wide-ranging, big-picture conversation about the future of artificial intelligence.

 

The stunning speed with which artificial intelligence has advanced, in only a matter of months, has inspired Congress with a rare bipartisan zeal to keep Silicon Valley's innovations from outpacing Washington again.

 

For decades, policymakers had deferred to the promises coming out of Palo Alto and Mountain View. But as evidence has grown that reliance on digital technology comes with serious social, cultural and economic downsides, both parties have shown willingness — for different reasons — to regulate technology.

 

Integrating artificial intelligence into American society presents a major test for lawmakers to show the high technology sector that it cannot escape the scrutiny to which other industries have long been accustomed.

 

Full story: https://news.yahoo.com/openai-ceo-sam-altman-testifies-before-the-senate-4-key-takeaways-203027693.html

 

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[OneMoreFarang]

What are they going to do? Tell American companies they can't do this and that?

And then the Chinese and Russians will do it?

Good luck with restricting AI.