The topic “AI Regulation” has recently been at the forefront of debate, prompting OpenAI to take action. OpenAI is a leading research company in artificial intelligence, and its CEO, Sam Altman, has publicly warned that they may remove its product ChatGPT from Europe in the face of legislation designed to regulate AI. This legislation, referred to as the AI Act, is backed by various stakeholders, yet Altman believes that it is overly broad and threatens to limit AI’s potential.
AI has been around for decades, but the power of its user-facing applications has exploded in the last few years, from ChatGPT to Midjourney, and those kinds of regulation-prone applications have led many in the tech industry to question AI’s safety. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt even went so far as to warn that unchecked access to AI puts our very existence at risk.
Of course, AI can be hazardous if not used properly, and there have been various examples of this over the years. A few months ago, there was a viral AI-generated image of the Pope wearing a Balenciaga jacket, and just this week an AI-generated image of a fire at the Pentagon was spread on social media.
The specific provisions outlined by the EU AI Act are varied, but among them are requirements for companies like OpenAI to design and train the generative foundation models they employ, as well as disclose the training methods they use to make ChatGPT powerful. Altman has said that OpenAI will do its best to comply with the Act, but that there could be some technical limits to what is possible.
OpenAI is a leading research company focused on artificial intelligence, striving to empower those developing AI with deep learning technology and other tools. It was founded by Sam Altman, former CEO of Y Combinator, and is backed by several top industry leaders and investors. OpenAI is constantly innovating, pushing the boundaries of AI to create a better future.
