OpenAI CEO Sam Altman meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Discussed the topics of the need for regulations on Artificial Intelligence and the more security challenges humans can face from it.

Highlights

• Open AI CEO also visited Israel, Jordan, Qatar, the UAE, and South Korea
• He told that the company is currently doing self-regulation
• Sam revealed his first action in India will be to fund startups

Artificial Intelligence research and development company OpenAI recently created ChatGPT. Company’s CEO Sam Altman met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday in New Delhi and discussed the requirement of global regulations on such technology as artificial intelligence.

He is on a 6 country tour including India, Israel, Jordan, Qatar, the UAE, and South Africa. He was the head of the team that created the ChatGPT bot which is far beyond human intelligence in some aspects.

In a session at IIT Delhi, Altman said he and the PM discussed the opportunities in front of the country and what the country should do in AI.

“We also felt the need to think about global regulation, which prevents some of the downsides from happening,” Altman said.

He told that his company was presently doing self-regulation.

“We spent almost 8 months on GPT for making sure that it was safe enough to release. We build the technology and we have worked with organizations to figure out what the limits should be and tested them all. We do think that coordination is important. SO self-regulation is important. It I something that we want to offer. The world should not be left entirely in the hands of the companies.

About his plan to India the first thing he told that he will do fund the startups in India. he also said “We were always amazed and quite grateful for the quality of Indian startups,” adding that he said he met some startups in India.

In a discussion with Altman, PM of India Narendra Modi discussed several points in order to make the most secure and safe area for humans.

“Thank you for the insightful conversation @sama. The potential of AI in enhancing India’s tech ecosystem is indeed vast and too among the youth in particular. We welcome all collaborations that can accelerate our digital transformation for empowering our citizens,” PM statement on Twitter.