The European Union has recently announced the development of its first set of rules that would regulate global artificial intelligence (AI) applications such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT. This has caused much concern in the industry, prompting OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman to state that he may be forced to shutter the company’s operations in Europe due to the overreaching regulations.
Altman believes that the EU could remedy the situation by reconsidering their definition of general-purpose AI systems. Despite his appeals, the EU AI Act was not withdrawn. OpenAI’s ChatGPT app was eventually banned in Italy due to worries over data privacy and youth safety. Following an online meeting between OpenAI and the Italian Data Protection Agency, the ChatGPT app became available to Italians again on April 28th.
OpenAI, formerly known as OpenAI LP, is an American Artificial Intelligence research firm established in late 2015. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with research labs in New York City and San Francisco. The firm is focused on developing Artificial General Intelligence, which is a type of AI capable of successful performance across many different tasks. Some of OpenAI’s current projects include robotics, natural language processing, and deep learning applications in healthcare, amongst many others.
Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI. Previously, he founded and led both Loopt, a mobile location company, and Y Combinator, a venture firm and incubator. After he stepped down from Y Combinator, he began to focus on OpenAI and became its chief executive officer in 2017. Altman has been credited with being one of the founding forces of OpenAI as he now guides the firm to enable a prosperous future with AI innovation and responsible stewardship.
