Sam Altman, the Creator of ChatGPT, Asks Congress to Please Regulate AI (but just a little bit, not too much)
The OpenAI CEO admitted early on that his, and other AI products, may bring about a slurry of unintended consequences and welcomed new regulatory standards enacted by Congress to set rules of the road for him, and maybe more importantly, his competitors.
“We think that regulatory intervention by governments will be critical to mitigating the risks of increasingly powerful [AI] models,” Altman said. Altman caveated that, however, and urged lawmakers to focus on reigning in large companies and avoid stifling smaller startups.
