Sam Altman Expresses Hope for Global AI Collaboration
The CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, expressed his positive outlook on the potential for worldwide collaboration on artificial intelligence (AI) after touring various capital cities.
The public face of the Microsoft-backed startup has been on a whirlwind tour as it seeks to capitalize on interest in generative artificial intelligence and influence regulation of the emerging technology.
“I came into the trip … skeptical that it would be possible to get global cooperation to reduce existential risk in the short term, but now I’m leaving the trip pretty optimistic that we can get it done,” Sam Altman told the students. Tokyo.
Regulators are working to adapt existing rules and create new guidelines for the use of generative AI. Artificial intelligence can create text and images and create excitement and fear about its potential to shape many industries.
The European Union is moving forward with its proposed AI bill, which is expected to become law this year, while the United States is looking to adapt existing laws for AI rather than creating new legislation.
Altman visited Japan in April, met with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and said he was considering opening an office in the country.
“All the discussions have gone pretty well,” Altman said Monday, without elaborating.
Japan is seen as lagging in the kind of AI services that are currently generating enthusiasm among consumers, even as its manufacturing heavyweights invest in automation technology.
“There’s a long history of human-machine collaboration here,” Altman said.
Altman is scheduled to visit Singapore, Indonesia and Australia before returning to the United States.
