OpenAIThe startup behind the popular chatgpt The artificial intelligence chatbot on Thursday said it will award 10 identical grants from a $1 million (about Rs 8,300 crore) fund for experiments in democratic processes to determine how oh Software should be controlled to address bias and other factors.
The $100,000 (roughly Rs. 82 lakh) grant will go to recipients who present compelling frameworks to answer such questions as whether AI should criticize public figures and what effect it has on the “average person” in the world. Capital should consider, according to a blog post announcement.
Critics say that AI systems like ChatGPT have an inherent bias due to the inputs used to shape their views. Users have found examples of racist or sexist output from AI software. Concerns are growing that AI is working with search engines alphabetical google and Microsoft’s Bing may misrepresent information in a convincing manner.
OpenAI, backed by $10 billion (roughly Rs. 81,950 crores) from Microsoft, is leading the call for regulation of AI. Yet it recently threatened to exit the European Union over proposed rules.
“The current draft of the EU AI Act would be over-regulation, but we hear it will be withdrawn,” Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI, told Reuters. “They’re still talking about it.”
The startup’s grant won’t do as much AI research. Salaries for AI engineers and others in red-hot sectors easily exceed $100,000 (roughly Rs. 82 lakhs) and can exceed $300,000 (roughly Rs. 2.4 crores).
AI systems “should benefit all of humanity and be as inclusive as possible,” OpenAI said in a blog post. “We are launching this grant program to take the first step in that direction.”
The San Francisco startup said the funding results could shape its own views on AI governance, though it said any recommendations would not be “binding”.
Altman has been a leading figure in calling for regulation of AI, as well as releasing new updates for ChatGPT and the image-generator DALL-E. Appearing before a US Senate subcommittee this month, he said, “If this technology goes wrong, it can go terribly wrong.”
Microsoft has also recently backed off from broader regulation of AI, even as it vows to incorporate the technology into its own products while competing with OpenAI. Google And startups will offer AI to consumers and businesses.
There is interest in AI’s potential to improve efficiency and cut labor costs in nearly every sector, plus AI can spread misinformation or factual inaccuracies, which industry insiders refer to as “hallucinations”.
AI is already behind several widely believed spoofs. A recent fake viral image of an explosion near the Pentagon rocked the stock market for a while.
Despite calls for more regulation, Congress has failed to pass new legislation to meaningfully curtail Big Tech.
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