OpenAI pushes for mandatory national AI safety requirements

Sept 9 (Reuters) - OpenAI ‌said on Wednesday ​it ​is pushing for mandatory national AI safety requirements, as increasingly powerful models ‌fan concerns about the risk posed by ⁠autonomous AI agents.

Several incidents in which AI models from ‌developers including OpenAI, Anthropic ‌and Meta accessed or tried to access external systems during testing have underscored the difficulty ​of detecting and containing unexpected behavior in advanced models, and have prompted calls ⁠for tighter safety rules.

ChatGPT maker OpenAI also urged Congress to act before ​it adjourns and said it will continue to support state AI legislation until ​such action is taken.

The ‌company on Wednesday threw its support behind four California bills related to ⁠independent safety assessments, AI-auditor standards, protections for young people, and safeguards against AI-enabled biological threats.

OpenAI also ⁠said fully autonomous recursive self-improvement, where AI is independent and ​would drive the next generations of AI, "is not happening today" and that "we should not pursue it unless and until ‌it can be done safely".

OpenAI's statement comes after a Reuters report ‌that the company used more than 10 previously ⁠undisclosed websites for ‌unsanctioned communications earlier ​this year.

(Reporting by Chandni Shah in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich and Subhranshu ‌Sahu)

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