OpenAI gets called out for opposing a proposed AI safety bill

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'When actual regulation is on the table, he opposes it,' the researchers wrote of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

Ex-OpenAI employees William Saunders and Daniel Kokotajlo have written a letter to California Gov. Gavin Newsom arguing that the company’s opposition to a state bill that would impose strict safety guidelines and protocols on future AI development is disappointing but not surprising.

Recommended Videos The two argue that further development without sufficient guardrails “poses foreseeable risks of catastrophic harm to the public,” whether that’s “unprecedented cyberattacks or assisting in the creation of biological weapons.” Per a 2023 survey by the MITRE corporation and the Harris Poll, only 39% of respondents believed that today’s AI tech is “safe and secure.”

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