OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Urges Senate for A.I. Regulation and Acknowledges Potential Risks

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, testified before a Senate subcommittee hearing and urged lawmakers to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) to prevent potential harms. He proposed the creation of an agency that issues licenses for the creation of large-scale AI models, safety regulations, and tests that AI models must pass before being released to the public. Lawmakers discussed the idea of an independent agency to oversee AI, rules that force companies to disclose how their models work and the data sets they use, and antitrust rules to prevent companies from monopolizing the industry.