OpenAI Backs Bills in US Congress on AI and Biological Weapon Threats
OpenAI said the bills would help set biosecurity standards and add outside checks as Anthropic disclosed five misuse cases this year.
- On Tuesday, OpenAI endorsed a series of bipartisan House bills aimed at preventing artificial intelligence models from accelerating the development of biological weapons and synthetic viruses.
- Escalating concerns about AI misuse prompted the move, as recent research by Stanford University and the Arc Institute demonstrated how technology helped scientists design 16 new viruses.
- The ChatGPT-maker also backed a FRONTIER Act provision requiring top firms to embed outside evaluators to ensure model safety, while supporting measures expanding NIST's biosecurity oversight.
- High-Quality, AI-ready biological data must be treated as a strategic national resource, stated Caitlin Frazer, executive director of the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei cited biosecurity risks as grounds to pace development, following the company's discovery of five cases of illicit pathogen research this year.
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OpenAI backs bills in US Congress on AI and biological weapon threats
Sept 15 : OpenAI is endorsing a series of bipartisan bills before the U.S. Congress that the company says will help to prevent artificial intelligence models from accelerating the threat of biological weapons and synthetic viruses, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday.• The ChatGPT-maker is endorsing the
OpenAI has come out in support of three US bills aimed at reducing the risks of artificial intelligence related to biological weapons and dangerous pathogens, while making AI itself more effective in defending against biological threats, Politico reported.
Los Angeles (USA), Sep 15 (EFE).- OpenAI expressed its support this Tuesday for at least three U.S. bills that address both the risks that AI could pose to biosafety and the defensive technology that could help create, as confirmed by the technological giant Political. The company told the media [...] The OpenAI entry supports U.S. bills on AI as the debate over its risks grows was first published in HolaNews.
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