CALIFORNIA: “There are a lot of things that can go wrong,” Sam Altman, CEO of artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, said of the rapid rise of AI technology. However, “we frequently deal with dangerous technology that can be used in dangerous ways,” he added.
Altman recently expressed concern about the potential harm that increasingly powerful AI technology could do. In an interview at the Bloomberg Technology Summit in San Francisco, he said global regulation could address big risks, but shouldn’t go too far.
With a valuation of over $27 billion, OpenAI, creator of the wildly popular ChatGPT chatbot, is a leader in the fast-growing field of venture-backed AI companies. Asked whether he would benefit financially from OpenAI’s success, Altman said, “I have enough money,” and said the motivation was the technology’s potential benefits.
“The concept of having enough money doesn’t transfer easily to other people,” he says.
The CEO also said that he hopes to contribute to the technological progress of mankind through artificial intelligence. “I think this will be the most important step that humanity has to take with technology to overcome,” Altman added. “And I really value that.”
OpenAI is at the forefront of generative AI technology that can generate text and images based on user prompts of just a few words. The startup’s products, including ChatGPT and the image generation tool Dall-E, captivated the audience. It also helped spark a multi-billion dollar frenzy among venture capital investors and entrepreneurs vying to lay the foundation for a new era of technology.
To generate revenue, OpenAI provides businesses with access to the application programming interfaces they need to create their own applications that utilize their AI models. The company also sells access to a premium version of the chatbot called ChatGPT Plus. OpenAI does not publish information about total sales.
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The speed and power of the burgeoning AI industry is causing governments and regulators to put guardrails on its development. This is an initiative that Altman himself has endorsed.
Altman is one of the artificial intelligence experts who met with President Joe Biden in San Francisco this week. The CEO has traveled extensively to speak on AI, including in Washington, where he told US senators, “If this technology doesn’t work, it could go very wrong.”
Big AI companies such as Microsoft and Alphabet Inc.’s Google have pledged to participate in independent public evaluations of their systems. But the U.S. is also calling for broader regulation. Earlier this year, the Department of Commerce said it was considering a rule that could require AI models to go through a certification process before being made public.
Last month, Altman signed a brief statement that included endorsements from more than 350 business executives and researchers, stating that “mitigating the risk of AI-induced extinction is a way to avoid other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.” It should be a global priority alongside them.”
Despite dire warnings from technology leaders, some AI researchers believe artificial intelligence is not advanced enough to justify fears that it will destroy humanity, and that focusing on apocalyptic scenarios is likely due to algorithmic bias, They claim it serves only as a distraction from issues such as racism and pervasive risk. Disinformation.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Dall-E, both released last year, have inspired startups to incorporate AI into a wide range of sectors, including financial services, consumer goods, healthcare, and entertainment. Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Mandeep Singh predicts that the generative AI market could grow 42% and reach $1.3 trillion by 2032.
