World News | OpenAI boss plays down fears ChatGPT maker could leave Europe over AI rules

LONDON, May 26 (AP) OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman played down concerns on Friday that the maker of ChatGPT could exit the European Union if it fails to comply with the bloc’s tough new artificial intelligence rules, after a senior official rebuked He makes such a comment a potential possibility.

Altman is traveling across Europe as part of a world tour, meeting officials and promoting his AI company, which has created a global frenzy.

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During a stop in London this week, he said OpenAI could leave if the AI ​​rules being developed in the European Union were too harsh. That prompted a sharp response on social media from EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, accusing the company of racketeering.

Breton, who oversees digital policy, cited a Financial Times article that quoted Altman as saying that OpenAI “will strive to comply, but if we fail to comply, we will cease operations.”

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A day later, Altman tried to calm the situation, tweeting: “In Europe, the conversation on how best to regulate AI has been very productive! We are happy to continue operating here and certainly have no plans to leave .”

The European Union is at the forefront of a global effort to develop guardrails for artificial intelligence, with its AI bill entering its final stages after years of work.

The rapid rise of general artificial intelligence chatbots such as ChatGPT has caught EU officials off guard, and they have scrambled to add provisions covering so-called generative artificial intelligence systems that can generate convincing human-like conversational answers, articles, images and more to The response is from the user.

“There is no point in trying to blackmail – claiming that by creating a clear framework, Europe is preventing the rollout of generative #AI,” Breton said in his tweet. He added that the EU’s aim was to “assist companies in preparing” an AI bill.

Altman tweeted that his European tour included Warsaw, Poland; Munich, Germany; Paris; Madrid; Lisbon, Portugal; and London. Brussels, the headquarters of the European Union, was not mentioned.

He met with world leaders, including British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, French President Emmanuel Macron, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and German Chancellor Olaf Schulz.

Tech bosses have been debating whether and how to regulate artificial intelligence.

Microsoft President Brad Smith on Thursday unveiled a blueprint for public governance of artificial intelligence.

Altman told lawmakers in Congress this month that AI should be regulated by a U.S. or global agency because increasingly powerful systems will require government intervention to reduce their risks.

Altman was mobbed by students when he appeared on a “fireside chat” at University College London on Wednesday.

He told the audience that the “right answer” to regulating AI “could be somewhere between the traditional European, British approach and the traditional American approach.”

“I think you really don’t want to over-regulate technology until you know what shape it’s going to take,” Altman said.

It is still possible to come up with “some kind of global norm and enforcement,” he said, adding that AI regulation has been a “recurring topic” on his world tour, which also includes tours in Toronto, Rio de Janeiro and Lagos, Nigeria (AP )

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