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ChatGPT-maker warns it might leave EU over planned AI law<\/p>\n

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By Shiona McCallum and Chris Vallance<\/div>\n
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The boss of the company behind ChatGPT has said it might consider leaving the EU if it fails to comply with a planned law on artificial intelligence (AI).<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The EU’s planned legislation could be the first to specifically regulate AI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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And it could require generative AI companies to reveal which copyrighted material had been used to train their systems to create text and images.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The current draft of the EU AI Act would be over-regulating,” OpenAI’s Sam Altman said, Reuters reported. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“But we have heard it’s going to get pulled back.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Many in the creative industries accuse AI companies of using the work of artists, musicians and actors to train systems to imitate their work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But Mr Altman is worried it would be technically impossible for OpenAI to comply with some of the AI Act’s safety and transparency requirements, according to Time magazine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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At an event at University College London, Mr Altman added he was optimistic AI could create more jobs and reduce inequality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He also met Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the heads of AI companies DeepMind and Anthropic to discuss the technology’s risks – from disinformation to national security and even “existential threats” – and the voluntary actions and regulation required to manage them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Some experts fear super-intelligent AI systems could threaten humanity’s existence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But Mr Sunak said AI could “positively transform humanity” and “deliver better outcomes for the British public, with emerging opportunities in a range of areas to improve public services”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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At the G7 summit in Hiroshima, the leaders of the US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Japan and Canada agreed creating “trustworthy” AI must be “an international endeavour”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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And before any EU legislation comes into effect, the European Commission aims to develop an AI pact with Google’s parent company, Alphabet. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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International cooperation is vital to regulating AI, according to EU industry chief Thierry Breton, who met with Google chief executive Sundar Pichai in Brussels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Sundar and I agreed that we cannot afford to wait until AI regulation actually becomes applicable – and to work together with all AI developers to already develop an AI pact on a voluntary basis ahead of the legal deadline,” Mr Breton said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Silicon Valley veteran, author and O’Reilly Media founder Tim O’Reilly said the best start would be mandating transparency and building regulatory institutions to enforce accountability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“AI fearmongering, when combined with its regulatory complexity, could lead to analysis paralysis,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Companies creating advanced AI must work together to formulate a comprehensive set of metrics that can be reported regularly and consistently to regulators and the public, as well as a process for updating those metrics as new best practices emerge.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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