OpenAI backs bills in US Congress on AI and biological weapon threats

OpenAI has expressed support for three bipartisan bills in the U.S. Congress aimed at preventing AI models from accelerating threats related to biological weapons and synthetic viruses. The company is backing the Web of Biological Data Act, the AI-Ready Bio-Data Standards Act, and the Scale Biology Act. Additionally, OpenAI is also endorsing a key provision of the FRONTIER Act, which mandates leading AI companies to employ independent evaluators to assess the safety of their models.

The endorsement comes amid growing concerns over advanced AI development, with heads of top U.S. AI labs, including OpenAI, advocating for a slowdown in the pace of AI progress. OpenAI previously pushed for mandatory national AI safety requirements in the United States.

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