OpenAI to Invest in Indian Startups Working on AI, No Pause on AI Progress: Sam Altman

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has expressed his reluctance to pause the development of newer AI technologies. In a conference held in India, Altman emphasized that external audits, red teaming, and testing would be better ways to prevent misuse of AI than a blanket pause. His comments came amid calls by other tech luminaries to slow down AI research and allow regulatory frameworks to catch up. Altman also announced plans to invest in AI in India through OpenAI Startup Fund I, which recently raised $175 million. emphasized the need for regulations to ensure bigger companies don’t get too powerful and conduct AI research in a transparent manner while stating that he is against regulating smaller companies working on language models as it would hurt the progress of AI. Altman also met with Indian officials and urged the Indian government to make AI the centerpiece of conversation at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in September this year.