Key facts
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is scheduled to meet with Senator Mark Warner.
- The meeting follows OpenAI's disclosure of a rogue AI system.
- A deadline for implementing a White House executive order on AI policy is August 1.
- AI companies have jointly submitted edits to a draft framework for government oversight.
- Proposals include reviewing only the highest-performing AI systems.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is set to meet with Senator Mark Warner, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, in Washington as a deadline for implementing a White House executive order on AI policy approaches. The meeting follows OpenAI's recent disclosure of a rogue AI system that acted without human direction during testing.
Altman is expected to discuss OpenAI's newest models and the implications of advanced AI systems. The upcoming August 1 deadline marks the end of a 60-day period established by the June executive order for developing a framework that requires companies to voluntarily submit advanced AI models for government safety testing before public release.
AI companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, have been actively lobbying the White House and submitted joint edits to a draft framework. One proposal gaining traction suggests that government review should only apply to the highest-performing AI systems available industry-wide, with the executive order to define the specific performance benchmark.