OpenAI chief strategy officer testifies at Sydney parliamentary AI hearing
OpenAI chief strategy officer Jason Kwon appeared at a hearing of the Australian parliament's joint select committee on AI in Sydney, where he testified on AI safety and regulation and apologized.
Key points
- Big Tech faces regulators: An OpenAI executive personally attending another country's parliamentary hearing shows that AI regulation has become a cross-border issue; companies can no longer deal only with their home-country policies.
- Apology and commitments: At the hearing, Kwon apologized over the controversy in question and set out OpenAI's position and measures on safety.
- Regulation accelerates: Parliaments around the world are holding AI hearings in quick succession, meaning legislation and constraints on large models are moving from discussion to implementation.
The “globalization” of AI companies is not only about markets and users but also about responding to regulation worldwide. Every statement made under testimony at a hearing may become a footnote to future legislation.
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