From Reuters, June 12:
A coalition of U.S. state attorneys general has opened a sweeping investigation into OpenAI, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.The ChatGPT maker was served on Friday with a subpoena seeking documents related to a wide range of its activities and the impact on users, including advertising, user engagement and retention, and the handling of consumer and health data, the source said.The subpoena, sent by New York's attorney general, also seeks information on activities related to minors and seniors, deep learning models and internal company policies, the source added.The probe represents the latest legal challenge for IPO-bound OpenAI, which is being sued by Florida for allegedly misrepresenting the safety of its ChatGPT platform.The source declined to be identified while discussing the investigation, which has not been publicly announced.An OpenAI spokesperson said: "AI is a new and powerful technology, and we work every day to safely bring its benefits to people in a responsible way. We take the concerns raised by state attorneys general seriously and intend to engage constructively with their offices."
The Wall Street Journal first reported the probe on Friday....
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Monday said that he will soon introduce a bill proposing to give the public a 50 percent stake in large artificial intelligence (AI) companies.
In a nearly seven-minute video message, the progressive senator said that he will introduce the AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act “in the coming weeks.” He said that the legislation would give the public “a direct ownership stake” in the country’s largest AI companies via a one-time, 50 percent tax on their stocks.
“It would do two extremely critical things,” Sanders said of his legislation. “First, it would give the American people a direct role in determining the future of this technology. No longer would the future of AI be dictated by a handful of Big Tech oligarchs, while the rest of the world sits back and watches them do what they want.
“Secondly, it would guarantee that the trillions of dollars potentially generated by AI are used to improve the lives of all of us — not simply to make the richest people on Earth even richer.”...
....MUCH MORE at The Hill
