The Latest Breaking News from Sam Altman

Takeaways:

Countries rarely agree to place limits on a technology until after something terrible has happened.

Experts fear the misuse of AI to destabilise economies and governments. Industry can’t be trusted to regulate itself.

Employees doing routine tasks that A.I. can perform is “not an option” given population declines, argues the IBM chief.

Sam Altman’s crypto initiative seeks to regain the popularity of the digital currency space after the fall of FTX.

A recent paper from Google DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic could be a key step in developing shared safety protocols

PM pushes allies to draw up agreement that could lead to global regulator, as industry warns new white paper is already out of date

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is downplaying worries that the ChatGPT maker could exit the European Union if it can’t comply with the bloc’s strict new artificial intelligence rules

ChatGPT could be leaving the EU as new laws and regulations are drafted.

The company is also pushing for licensing and "know your customer" rules. But critics are wary of "regulatory capture."

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says his company could "cease operating in Europe if the EU gets too tough". Altman is currently in Europe, visiting Paris after London. When he was called before Congress last week in Washington to talk about the same issue of regulating artificial intelligence, Altman made three…