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Senators demand OpenAI detail efforts to make its AI safe
Senators demand OpenAI turn over data showing it keeps its AI safe and doesn’t muzzle employees.
Senators demanded in a Monday letter that OpenAI turn over data about its efforts to build safe and secure artificial intelligence, following employee warnings that the company rushed through safety-testing of its latest AI model, which were detailed in The Washington Post earlier this month. Led by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), the five lawmakers asked OpenAI’s chief executive Sam Altman to outline how the ChatGPT-maker plans to meet “public commitments” to ensure its AI does not cause harm, such as teaching users to build bioweapons or helping hackers develop new kinds of cyberattacks, in the letter obtained exclusively by The Post. In a July letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission, OpenAI whistleblowers said they had filed a complaint with the agency alleging the company illegally issued restrictive severance, nondisclosure and employee agreements, potentially penalizing workers who wished to raise concerns to federal regulators.
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