Regulators Investigate Rapid Rise of Consumer AI Like ChatGPT

• Regulators are beginning to explore how to deal with the rapid rise of consumer AI like ChatGPT.
• The UK competition watchdog is looking at ways to make AI accessible and safe to use.
• US Vice President Camilla Harris met with top AI companies on Thursday to discuss AI safety.

The UK government is calling for research into the rapid rise of consumer AI like ChatGPT to develop guidance on how to protect and support consumers, businesses and the economy.

“Governments have a responsibility to regulators, including the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), to ensure safety, security, robustness, adequate transparency and accountability, fairness, accountability, and governance; and competitiveness and remediation.” Britain’s competition regulator, the CMA, said Thursday.

The CMA’s review, which is currently in its early stages, examines how AI models will benefit businesses and consumers, the opportunities and risks these scenarios present “for competition and consumer protection”, and the support and protection measures. Consider guidance on how. Consumers as AI develops further.

CMA CEO Sarah Cardell said the technology “has the potential to transform the way businesses compete and drive real economic growth.”

“It is important that the potential benefits of this innovative technology are readily accessible to UK businesses and consumers while people are protected from issues such as false or misleading information,” Cardell added. I got

Meanwhile, in the US, the CEOs of leading AI companies Alphabet, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic met with Vice President Camilla Harris at the White House on Thursday to discuss AI safety concerns.

Harris told the CEO during the conference that he has a “moral responsibility” to ensure that the products consumers use are safe.

Twitter CEO Elon Musk, AI experts, and industry leaders including Steve Wozniak and Stability AI CEO Emad Mostak have issued an open letter calling for a moratorium on developing an AI stronger than OpenAI’s GPT4. signed.

The letter says the tech giants are in an “uncontrolled race to develop and deploy” AI tools that may eventually “outnumber, become obsolete and replace us.” I’m here.