According to AppleInsider , Mr. Altman said the company has no plans to withdraw ChatGPT from the EU, but may have to do so if the current draft of the EU's artificial intelligence (AI) law is passed. Altman said the draft AI law has excessive provisions that make it impossible for the company to comply with the regulations.
EU citizens won't be able to access ChatGPT if the draft AI law isn't changed
Draft EU-wide AI legislation has been in development for years. Representatives from Apple, Google, and Facebook lobbied the EU in 2020 about their plans to regulate AI. Speaking about the latest issues at an industry event in London, Altman said OpenAI would try to address persistent hacking where possible, but that the proposed legislation currently planned would impose greater barriers to so-called general-purpose AI systems, such as ChatGPT.
“There are a lot of things they can do, like changing the definition of general-purpose AI systems. There are actually a lot of things that can be done,” Mr. Altman said.
Before any concerns about ChatGPT, which led Apple to ban its employees from using it, the EU was ahead of the game in its conviction that AI could become more trustworthy. “When it comes to artificial intelligence, imagination is a must, not a maybe,” said European Commission digital chief Margrethe Vestager in 2021. “ With these landmark rules, the EU is leading the way in developing new global standards to ensure AI is trustworthy.”
Altman's statement comes shortly after the ChatGPT app officially became available to iPhone users and is increasingly appearing in more countries and territories.
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