ChatGPT maker touts how AI benefits Californians amid safety concerns
OPENAI, the manufacturer of the popular chatbot Chatgpt, explained how artificial intelligence creates jobs and makes Californians more productive while the technological company was faced with increased security problems this week.
In a report published on Wednesday, the San Francisco technological company said that Chatgpt had 9 million weekly active users in California, more than any other state. Chatgpt has a total of 700 million active weekly users.
The report highlighted the ways in which Californians use Chatgpt, a chatbot that can generate text, images and even code. He also underlined the large number of AI employment stations and AI companies in the state. He said the AI was used to predict the spread of forest fires and help doctors and farmers.
Using the chatbot for advice, learning new concepts, writing and coding are among the ways that Californians use ChatPPT, said Openai. About 24% of California users are between 18 and 24 and 34% are between 25 and 34 years old, Openai said.
The new report of the company, which the Times considered before its publication, comes the same day as the chief economist of Openai, Aaron “Ronnie” Chatterji, and Chris Lehane, who directs global policy in Openai, should speak of the economic effect of AI during an event in Sacramento.
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OPENAI is more examined this week after the parents of a Californian teenager who died by suicide continued the company, alleging that Chatgpt led to the 16 -year -old on suicide methods.
Monday, California Atty. General Rob Bonta and 44 other attorney general sent a letter to 12 companies, notably Openai, declaring that they would be held responsible if their IA products expose children to harmful content.
Lehane said that what happened to the teenager who died was a “human tragedy”. OPENAI focuses on security, and the “vast majority of people” use ChatPPT in “positive and constructive way,” he said.
The democratic political veteran, who worked for Bill Clinton and Al Gore, has not reported a specific bill that worries, but he has declared that many Californian legislation strongly focuses on security problems and would limit people’s access to AI technology.
Although the atmosphere in Washington has passed from the regulation of the new powerful technology with the arrival of President Trump, the railings and the regulations envisaged in Sacramento could have an important effect on the industry, as both of the main AI companies are based in California.
“One of the potentially the most important challenges of this technology is the economic opportunity, ensuring that people can participate, by ensuring that California continues to lead because it is the center of the AI economy,” said Lehane.
Technological companies have put pressure on regulations that could hinder their ability to participate in the AI race. They also undertake to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to build in the United States in the threats of prices. Trump, in July, unveiled an “AI action plan” which aims to reduce “administrative formalities” so that technological companies can quickly develop and build AI technology.
“There should be a Californian version of how you think big, act as large and build Big who is in accordance with the values of this state,” said Lehane.
While the AI breed continues to play a more important role in the economy of California, workers in various industries, including entertainment, modeling and technology, expressed anxiety about the potential of the IA to take away jobs.
In July, a Brooking Institution report revealed that the San Francisco, San Jose and Los Angeles regions were among the most prepared for AI. But the study has also noted that the potential displacement of work is a drawback for which cities must monitor.
In its report, Openai highlighted the number of employment stations linked to AI in California and the state -based AI companies, which have helped to fill some of the vacant offices in cities such as San Francisco.
Lehane, who reported that Optai will publish more data on this subject in September, said that history shows that technology would create more jobs than it would replace it, but has recognized that certain roles will sometimes disappear. For example, the use of electricity, he said, has led to the displacement of lamp lamps but has created jobs for electricians.
“Obviously, time will say about it,” he said.
