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OpenAI’s Sam Altman calls for an international agency like the UN’s nuclear watchdog to oversee AI

By Associated Press  •  Updated: 07/06/2023 – 15:06

The creator of ChatGPT has suggested an international agency like the UN’s nuclear watchdog could police and regulate the technology.

Artificial intelligence (AI) poses an “existential risk” to humanity, a key innovator warned during a visit to the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, suggesting an international agency like the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) be created to oversee the ground-breaking technology.

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the creator of wildly popular chatbot ChatGPT, is on a global tour to discuss the significance of AI.

“We face serious risk. We face existential risk,” said Altman. 

……………………. Hundreds of industry leaders, including Altman, have signed a letter in May that warns “mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war”…………………………………….. more https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/06/07/openais-sam-altman-calls-for-an-international-agency-like-the-uns-nuclear-watchdog-to-over

June 9, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, technology