By Diane Bartz
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) – ChatGPT, a fast-growing artificial intelligence program, has won praise for its ability to quickly type responses to a wide range of queries and caught the attention of U.S. lawmakers with questions on its impact on national security. and education.
ChatGPT is estimated to have reached 100 million monthly active users just two months after its launch, making it the fastest growing consumer app in history and a growing regulatory target.
It was created by OpenAI, a private company backed by Microsoft Corp., and made freely available to the public. Its ubiquity has raised concerns that generative AI like ChatGPT could be used to spread misinformation, while educators worry that students are using it to cheat.
Rep. Ted Lieu, a Democrat on the House Science Committee, said in a recent New York Times op-ed that he’s excited about AI and the “incredible ways it will continue to move society forward,” but also “afraid”. by AI, especially AI that is not controlled or regulated.”
Lieu presented a ChatGPT-drafted resolution that Congress should focus on AI “to ensure that the development and deployment of AI is done in a way that is safe, ethical, and respects the rights and privacy of all Americans, and that the benefits of AI are widely distributed and the risks are minimized.”
In January, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman visited Capitol Hill, where he met with technology-focused lawmakers, including the Senses. Mark Warner, Ron Wyden and Richard Blumenthal and Rep. Jake Auchincloss, according to advisers to Democratic lawmakers.
A Wyden aide said lawmakers had pushed to ensure AI didn’t include biases that would lead to discrimination in the real world, such as housing or work.
“While Senator Wyden believes AI has enormous potential to accelerate innovation and research, he is very focused on ensuring that automated systems don’t automate discrimination in the process,” said Keith Chu. , assistant to Wyden. (Reporting by Diane Bartz; Additional reporting by Suzanne Smalley and Jeffrey Dastin; Editing by Chris Sanders and Daniel Wallis, Editing in Spanish by Juana Casas)