"In the election context, for example, I saw a picture of former President Trump being arrested by NYPD and that went viral," she said, pressing Mr Altman on whether he would consider the faked image harmful.He also said companies should have the right to say they do not want their data used for AI training, which is one idea being discussed on Capitol Hill.He also said he "wouldn't say never" to the idea of advertising but preferred a subscription-based model.
However, he later proposed that a new regulatory agency should impose safeguards that would block AI models that could "self-replicate and self-exfiltrate into the wild", hinting at futuristic concerns about advanced AI systems that could manipulate humans into ceding control.The White House has convened top technology chief executives, including Mr Altman, to address AI concerns.
Mr Altman's San Francisco-based startup rocketed to public attention after it released ChatGPT late last year.What started out as a panic among educators about ChatGPT's use to cheat on homework assignments has expanded to broader concerns about the ability of the latest crop of "generative AI" tools to mislead people, spread falsehoods, violate copyright protections and up-end some jobs.