ChatGPT, an AI program that recently grabbed the public's
attention for its ability to write answers quickly to a wide
range of queries, in particular has attracted U.S. lawmakers'
attention as it has grown to be the fastest-growing consumer
application in history with more than 100 million monthly active
users.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration,
a Commerce Department agency that advises the White House on
telecommunications and information policy, wants input as there
is "growing regulatory interest" in an AI "accountability
mechanism."
The agency wants to know if there are measures that could be put
in place to provide assurance "that AI systems are legal,
effective, ethical, safe, and otherwise trustworthy."
“Responsible AI systems could bring enormous benefits, but only
if we address their potential consequences and harms. For these
systems to reach their full potential, companies and consumers
need to be able to trust them,” said NTIA Administrator Alan
Davidson.
President Joe Biden last week said it remained to be seen
whether AI is dangerous. "Tech companies have a responsibility,
in my view, to make sure their products are safe before making
them public," he said.
ChatGPT, which has wowed some users with quick responses to
questions and caused distress for others with inaccuracies, is
made by California-based OpenAI and backed by Microsoft Corp.
NTIA plans to draft a report as it looks at "efforts to ensure
AI systems work as claimed – and without causing harm" and said
the effort will inform the Biden Administration's ongoing work
to "ensure a cohesive and comprehensive federal government
approach to AI-related risks and opportunities."
A tech ethics group, the Center for Artificial Intelligence and
Digital Policy, asked the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to stop
OpenAI from issuing new commercial releases of GPT-4 saying it
was "biased, deceptive, and a risk to privacy and public
safety."
(Reporting by David Shepardson and Diane Bartz; Editing by Nick
Zieminski)
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