OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will make his first appearance before a Senate panel next week as the US Congress how best to regulate artificial intelligence As technology becomes more powerful and widespread.
Altman will testify before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law on Tuesday about what laws may be needed to protect Americans as governments and companies use AI in everything from medicine to surveying workers Let’s start
The panel announced the hearing, saying it would be Altman’s first testimony before Congress.
Altman will also attend Monday night’s dinner for members of the House of Representatives, according to the office of Representative Ted Liu, who is co-hosting the event.
Altman was part of a White House meeting on AI last week, which discussed how to ensure regulatory safeguards. Responding to a question on whether the companies have agreed on the rules, Altman told reporters, “Really we’re on the same page about what should happen.”
Other witnesses include chief privacy officer Christina Montgomery. IBM,
“Artificial intelligence urgently needs regulations and safeguards to address its enormous promise and pitfalls,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, the panel’s chairman. “This hearing marks the beginning of our subcommittee’s work overseeing and illuminating the advanced algorithms and powerful technology of AI.”
Recently, the UK’s competition regulator also said it would launch an investigation into the impact of artificial intelligence on consumers, businesses and the economy and whether new controls are needed on technologies such as OpenAI. chatgpt,
The sudden popularity of generative AI applications such as ChatGPT and Midjourney has highlighted a technology that could upend the way businesses and society operate.
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