OpenAI has announced a version of ChatGPT specifically designed for teens. Stephanie Ruhle speaks with the company's Chief Global Affairs Officer, Chris Lehane, about what's being done to ensure users' safety.
Chris Lehane, OpenAI's chief global affairs officer, fears the rising risk of unpopular AI and told us the solution might be a reorg of government and business. He offered two megapoints in a conversation Tuesday at OpenAI's new office in Washington: - The AI companies and government are so interdependent — the companies need light regs, contracts; government needs AI systems — that it might require a new public-private hybrid to manage them. - The AI companies could get crushed by bad politics if they don't find ways to share any wealth they create, much like Alaska shares oil & gas revenue with its residents. "People need to feel like they're gonna have a piece of this and participate in it ," Lehane said. "You can't talk beyond…
AI CEOs' lofty pitches for AI governance may end up being pipe dreams in a town that routinely fumbles tech policy. Why it matters: From OpenAI's Sam Altman to Anthropic's Dario Amodei, high-profile AI executives are eager to shape how their products are regulated and encouraged, rolling out sweeping policy ideas to manage the technology's impact. - But Congress — on privacy, social media and now AI — has a history of getting stuck in the policy weeds, and lawmakers are now grappling with heavy lobbying and growing constituent demands on the future of the tech. Catch up quick: OpenAI's new industrial policy paper describes AI changing the world on a scale similar to the Industrial Revolution, requiring aggressive policies like tax…