It is “crucial” to regulate AI, admits creator of ChatGPT before the US Congress.

Sam Altman, the CEO and co-founder of OpenAI, creator of the interface ChatGPTtold US senators on Tuesday that regulating artificial intelligence (AI) is going to be essential to limit the risks of using this technology.

“We believe that regulatory intervention by governments will be crucial to mitigate the risks of increasingly powerful models.“, said Altmann at a US Senate hearing on the impact of AI.

The head of OpenAI, developer of the text generation program ChatGPTcalled on the United States Congress to regulate the development and uses of artificial intelligence.

In an appearance before a Senate subcommittee Altmann He listed the beneficial applications of technology, from medicine to the fight against the climate crisis, and was confident that AI can be used for the benefit of humanity.

But he qualified that the intervention of the world’s governments is necessary to ensure that these tools are developed in a way that protects and respects the rights and freedoms of citizens.

“We believe that the benefits of the tools we have developed so far far outweigh the risks.”, defended the businessman during the hearing.

The testimony of Altmann It comes amid concern on the part of the US authorities about the possibility that the rapid advancement of AI technologies will have unexpected effects on society.

Lawmakers cited risks such as job losses or the use of content creation tools to generate false information by foreign actors.

To illustrate his concerns, Senator Richard Blumentalchairman of the Privacy, Technology and Law subcommittee and promoter of the hearing, broadcast a recording made with artificial intelligence that had been written by ChatGPTimitating the style and main focuses of interest of the congressman.

“Quoting ChatGPT, this is not necessarily the future we want”, joked Blumenthal at the beginning of the event.

Altmann He admitted that AI is likely to affect the job market, but was optimistic that in the long run, the technology will create more new jobs than it destroys.

“we are tremendously creative”, confided the businessman.

Another of the guests at the event, the director of Privacy and Confidence of IBM, Christina Montgomerycited his own position as an example of a job that did not exist before the development of AI.

Altmann He was also open to Blumenthal’s suggestion that the government develop independent laboratories to test the reliability of artificial intelligence models, and that they would give them a similar grade to the nutritional rating of food.

The person responsible for Open AI He admitted that his products still make mistakes, but that over time they will become more and more reliable.

Another of the senators who promoted the audience, Republican Josh Hawley, assured that artificial intelligence is “one of the most significant innovations in history”, but it is not yet clear if it will be more similar to the invention of the printing press or the atomic bomb.

Congressmen argued that while it is true that public regulation is needed, AI companies such as Open AI they do not have to wait for Congress to put in place mechanisms to control the development of technology to mitigate harm.

Earlier this month, the US government announced that it will invest $140 million to establish seven new artificial intelligence research institutes that will drive responsible innovation and ensure that advances in technology serve the common good.

The centers will join the 18 research institutes on AI that are already operating in the country.

In addition, the White House announced that large corporations AI have agreed to undergo a public evaluation of their systems during the DEF CON 31 hacker event, to be held in Las Vegas in early August.

During the convention, thousands of participants will analyze whether these systems are aligned with the AI ​​Bill of Rights proposed by the US Government, which includes principles such as the privacy of user data or protection against discriminatory algorithms.