Lawmaker asks ChatGPT if the government should regulate AI, and the answer won't surprise you

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This morning, the Senate Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law held a hearing with AI experts, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, to discuss the dangers of AI and how it should be regulated.(opens in new tab) The nearly three-hour hearing(opens in new tab) featured the usual committee hearing trappings, with lawmakers asking tough questions and a predictable amount of theatrics. Here are a few moments that stood out:

Subcommittee Chairman Senator Richard Blumenthal started the hearing by playing a recording of himself giving opening remarks. However, it turned out that the speech was not actually him speaking, but rather an AI voice cloning tool trained using his past floor speeches. The senator had asked the generative AI to write opening remarks based on his history of advocating for consumer rights and data privacy. While humorous, Senator Blumenthal switched tones to remark on the potential dangers of voice cloning tools falling into the wrong hands.(opens in new tab)

Continuing with the theme of AI doing its work, Senator Marsha Blackburn from Tennessee said that she had asked ChatGPT whether Congress should regulate AI. The AI chatbot gave «four pros, four cons, and ultimately the decision rests with Congress and deserves careful consideration,» she said. She then pressed Altman on OpenAI's efforts to protect artists' work from copyright infringement. 

On that topic, Altman suggested that content owners should receive a «significant upside benefit» if their copyrighted materials are used to train AI models. He also said that artists should have the option of refusing to allow their voices, songs, images, and likeness to be used to train AIs. OpenAI is creating a new copyright system to pay artists whenever