De La Rosa asks about White House voluntary AI commitments
De La Rosa asks companies about the voluntary White House commitments made that week. Dwyer says OpenAI committed to the framework but stresses voluntary commitments and self-regulation are not enough, pointing to federal and state regulatory support.
Thank you, Madam Speaker.
Many of us saw, and I guess the world watched, as this week your companies and others met at the White House, and there were some voluntary commitments that were made there.
Can you tell us about what your company specifically agreed to and what are the next steps?
I'll start with Ms.
Dwyer.
Yes.
So our company, along with many others, did commit to the framework that the White House laid out.
But I want to be clear, voluntary commitments and self-regulation aren't enough.
And that's why OpenAI has consistently supported frontier safety regulation at the federal level and why we have endorsed multiple bills at the state level
to ensure that in the absence of binding federal regulation, frontier safety regulation in a harmonized fashion continues to move forward and keep people safe.
Just to follow up real quick.
So does that look like an independent regulators, mandatory audits, penalties?
What else?
So at the federal level, we have outlined a couple of different elements that we think would be appropriate for federal regulation.
That includes mandatory pre-deployment evaluations for national security risks, which OpenAI does voluntarily.
We also think it should involve independent technical assessments that we've been talking a bit about today.
We think those independent technical assessments are particularly important for assessing internal risks at companies, as well as the pace and risk of RSI.