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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, warned that the company could consider withdrawing from the European Union if it implements planned artificial intelligence (AI) regulations, after asking Congress to pass regulations on the use of AI to be presented in the United States
The EU plans to require companies with generative AI products like OpenAI’s ChatGPT to disclose the use of copyrighted material when training their AI platforms to generate images and text in response to user prompts. The proposal would also require generative AI systems to inform users that the content was generated by AI and not by humans.
“The current draft EU AI law would be over-regulatory, but we’ve heard it’s being withdrawn,” Altman told Portal at an event in London. “They’re still talking about it.
“They could do so much, like change the definition of general-purpose AI systems. There are a lot of things that could be done.”
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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, recently called for Congress to regulate AI in the US, but opposes an EU regulation proposal that could result in ChatGPT being classified as “high risk”. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci / AP Newsroom)
The EU Parliament is considering revising the law. The next step in this process is a parliamentary vote between June 12-15 on a draft negotiation. The EU Parliament can then negotiate the final version of the law with the European Council of Ministers.
Under the current proposal, the EU would require certain generative AI platforms to be classified as “high risk” if they are used for biometric human identification, workforce hiring and assessment, education and training, critical infrastructure management, and law enforcement, immigration and more.
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OpenAI’s AI-powered ChatGPT answered the question, “What can AI offer to humanity?” (Leon Neal/Getty Images / Getty Images)
Altman told Time that it is impossible for OpenAI to meet all the requirements of the current version of the EU AI law and that future legal definitions of “high risk” are proving problematic for the company’s ongoing operations in the EU could.
“If we can comply, we will, and if we cannot, we will cease operations. … We will give it a try. But there are technical limits to what’s possible,” Altman said. OpenAI’s CEO also indicated that he would prefer regulations to take shape that represent “something between the traditional European approach and the traditional US approach.”
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Sam Altman, CEO and co-founder of OpenAI, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing May 16, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
In mid-May, Altman testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and Law, calling for government regulation to “mitigate” the risks of AI.
“As this technology advances, we understand that people are concerned about how it could change the way we live. There are tremendous benefits. It is important that powerful AI is developed with democratic values in mind. And that means US leadership is critical,” Altman told senators.
“We believe government intervention will be critical to mitigating the risks of increasingly powerful models.”
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OpenAI did not respond to a request from FOX Business for comment on the difference between the optimal level of regulation in the US and what is being proposed in the EU.
FOX Business’ Emma Colton and Portal contributed to this report.