"“OpenAI repeatedly argued to European officials that the forthcoming AI Act should not consider its general purpose AI systems…to be “high risk,” a designation that would subject them to stringent legal requirements including transparency, traceability, and human oversight."

Oohh noooz our stuff is so strong it might render humanity extinct.

But also no no our stuff shouldn’t be classified “high risk.”

By @perrigo

https://time.com/6288245/openai-eu-lobbying-ai-act/

Exclusive: OpenAI Lobbied the E.U. to Water Down AI Regulation

OpenAI lobbied the E.U. to weaken forthcoming AI regulation, even as the company calls in public for stronger AI guardrails, documents show.

Time
@timnitGebru @perrigo Sounds like the wackyland upside-down version of that thing fascist propagandists do where the enemy is an ever-present existential threat but also pathetically weak and inferior.