Us President Trump Gestures as CEO of Open Ai Sam Altman Speaks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on January 21, 2025, In Washington, DC.
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After President trumpIn one of his initial actions upon returning to the white house, revoked The country’s first-ever artificial intelligence Executive Order, Openai Got to Work Making Sure it would have a seat at the table when it comes to developing and regulating.
On Chiursday, Openai Submitted Its Proposal to the Us Government, Emphasizing The Need for Speed in Ai Advancement and a Light Hand from Regulators whose highlighting its takes on the dangers of ai technology Coming out of China.
The proposal underscores Openai’s Direct Efort to Influence The Government’s Coming “AI Action Plan,” A Tech Strategy Report to be Drafted by the Office of Science and Technology Police Police C. To President Trump by July.
In January, President Trump Threw out the Ai Executive Order Signed by President Biden In October 2023, which was titled “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.” President Trump Subsequently Issued A New Executive OrderDeclaring that “it is the policy of the united states to sustain and enhance ai dominance.” He mandated that an ai action plan be submitted to the president within 180 days.
Openai, which as of last month was reportedly close to finalizing a $ 40 billion investment form Softbank at a $ 260 billion Valuation, is in a precarious position with trump’s second white house. While the company was part of Trump’s Stargate Announcement and the billions of ai infrastructure investment tied to the plan, openai is in a Heated Legal And public relations battle with Elon muskWho Owns A Rival AI Startup and is one of trump’s top advisors.
Openai Told Reporters Last month that the company is considering data center campuses in 16 states that have indicated “real interest” in the project.
In its proposal on Thursday, Openai Expressed its distaste for the current level of regulation in ai, calling for “the freedom to innovate in the national interest” and a “Voluntary partnership bellynment And the private sector “rather than” overly burdensome state laws. “
The company Wrote that the federal government should work with both leading ai developers and startups “on a Purely voluntary and optional basis.”
Openai also said the country needs an “Export Control Strategy” That Deals in Us-Developed Ai and Promotes the Global Adoption of American Ai Systems.
Removing Guardrails
Openai recommended that the government allowed federal agencies to “Test and Experiment with Real Data” And potentially Grant a Temporary Waiver for Fedramp, The Federal Risk and Authorization MANAGENMENGEMEN MANAGEN MANAGEN MANAGEN MANAGEMEN GRAMP. It also said that the government should “modernize” the process for ai companies clearing approval for federal security regulations by “Establishing a Faster, Criteria-Based Path for Approval of Ai Tools.”
The company said its recommendations could allow new ai services to be accessed by the government rooughly 12 months earlier than current processes. But industry experts have regularly expressed Concerns That Speedy Government Adoption of Ai Comes at the Potential Expensese of Safety, Effectiveness and Questions of Whtherra the tech is needed at all in certain cases.
Openai recommended that the government partner with the private sector to develop ai for national security use.
“The Government Needs Models Trained on Classified Datasets that are fin-tuned to be exceptional at national security tasks for which there is no commercial market Classified Nuclear Tasks, “Openai Wrote.
In January, Openai Released Chatgpt govA product it budget specifically for us government use.
In the proposal, Openai also said the us needs “a copyright strategy that promotes the freedom to learn” and on “preserving ai models’ ability to learn from copyrighted Material.”
“America has so many ai startups, attracts so much investment, and has made so many research breakthroughs larGely decision the Fair use doctrine promotes ai development,” OPENAI WROTE.
Since Its Public release in Late 2022, Openai’s Chatgpt Chatbot Has Been Crawling The Web To Provide Answers to User Queries, Allegedly related, in Part, on copy Pulled Friends Storias. The company has been sued for copyright infringement by The Center for Investigative ReportingThe Country’s oldest nonprofit newsroom, as well as by The new york timesThe chicago tribune and the new york daily news. It’s also been sued by Authors and visual artists,
In spelling out its view on the risk by China, Openai Wrote that Deepsek – The Chinese AI Startup – Costs users their privacy and security. In January, Deepsek’s app went viral in the US, Surpassing chatgpt for a time at the top of Apple‘S App Store.
One Big Concern for AI Experts and Investors in the US is that Deepsek’s model was reportedly developed at a fraction of the cost rival models from openai, anthropic, Google And others.
“While America maintains a lead on ai today, Deepsek shows that our lead is not wide and is narrowing,” Openai Wrote in the report.
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