In his first appearance before a congressional panel, CEO Sam Altman is set to advocate licensing or registration requirements for AI with certain capabilities, his written testimony shows.
That way, the U.S. can hold companies to safety standards, for instance testing systems before their release and publishing the results.
"Regulation of AI is essential," Altman said in the prepared remarks which were seen by Reuters.
An OpenAI staffer recently proposed the creation of a U.S. licensing agency for AI, which could be called the Office for AI Safety and Infrastructure Security, or OASIS, Reuters has reported.
She is expected to urge Congress to focus regulation on areas with the potential to do the greatest societal harm.