TapTechNews August 22nd news, OpenAI announces its opposition to a California bill involving the field of AI safety. The bill, which was unanimously approved by the state Senate in May this year, requires AI companies to take measures to prevent their models from causing'serious harm', such as developing biological weapons that could lead to a large number of casualties or causing economic losses of more than 500 million US dollars (TapTechNews note: currently about 3.566 billion Chinese yuan).
OpenAI sent a letter to the office of California Senator Scott Wiener on Wednesday, stating that the bill would damage the innovation in the AI industry and believing that the regulation of its safety issues should be formulated by the federal government rather than the state government.
According to the bill, AI companies need to ensure that their AI systems can be shut down, take'reasonable measures' to ensure that the AI model will not cause disasters, and disclose compliance statements to the California Attorney General. If these requirements are not met, enterprises may be sued and face civil penalties.
The bill has been strongly opposed by many major technology companies, start-ups, and venture capitalists, who said that for the still nascent AI technology, this is excessive interference and may stifle technological innovation in the state.
OpenAI said that if the bill is passed, it may have a 'broad and significant' impact on the competitiveness of the United States in artificial intelligence and national security.
OpenAI's Chief Strategy Officer, Jason Kwon, wrote: 'The AI revolution has just begun, and California's unique position as a global AI leader is driving the state's economic growth.' 'SB1047 (the bill) will threaten this growth, slow the pace of innovation, and cause California's world-class engineers and entrepreneurs to leave the state and seek opportunities elsewhere.
Bloomberg quoted sources as saying that due to the uncertainty of the regulatory environment in California, OpenAI has suspended plans related to expanding its San Francisco office.
Regarding OpenAI's point of view, Wiener said the argument about AI talents leaving the state'makes no sense' because the law will apply to any company doing business in California, regardless of where the office is.