EU lawmakers were furious at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s remarks that he would “leave Europe if artificial intelligence (AI) is overregulated.” Then, inside a day, CEO Altman modified his mind that he wasn’t giving up on Europe.
Reuters reported on the twenty fifth (local time) that EU lawmakers who participated in drafting the AI law criticized OpenAI’s attitude.
“The draft AI law will not be for negotiation,” said Thiers Breton, EU Commissioner for Markets. It is a response to CEO Altman’s remarks that “the EU’s draft AI law is currently over-regulated and I heard that it’s going to be revised later.”
Dutch MP Kim van Sparentak went even further: “The EU must not be allowed to be blackmailed by American firms.” Dragos Tudora, a Romanian lawmaker, also nailed it, saying, “AI law is unlikely to be easily weakened.”
In reality, when drafting the AI Act, the issue of handling generative AI, reminiscent of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, was a difficulty until the last minute. Some even insisted on prohibition of use, but an agreement was reached on the road of transparently disclosing the copyright of learning data.
Then, CEO Altman, who had protested by canceling a gathering with EU regulators, suddenly modified his words. He tweeted the identical day, “We’re pleased to proceed our service in Europe and in fact we’ve got no intention of leaving.”
Last week, he met with top politicians from France, Spain, Poland, Germany and the UK to debate the longer term of AI and the event of ChatGPT, but his visit to Brussels, where the EU executive is situated, was canceled without reason.
But he made a conciliatory gesture, saying it was “every week of very productive conversations in Europe about easy methods to best regulate AI.”
As well as, OpenAI announced on its official blog that it will hold an ‘AI governance idea contest’.
That is the content of giving $100,000 (roughly 132.8 million won) to anyone who presents an efficient ‘guard rail’ idea that forestalls AI’s bias and hallucinations. OpenAI offered 10 winners of $100,000 each, with a complete prize of $1 million (roughly KRW 1.328 billion).
“AI systems should profit all of humanity and be formed as inclusive as possible,” OpenAI said in a blog post. “We’re launching this program to take step one.”
Reporter Lim Dae-jun ydj@aitimes.com