{"id":10707,"date":"2026-04-10T16:09:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=10707"},"modified":"2026-04-10T16:09:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:09:40","slug":"130172483-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=10707","title":{"rendered":"Sam Altman wants no responsibility for ChatGPT causing death or serious injury of 100 or more people or at least $1 billion in property damage as company testifies in \u2026 &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130172468,imgsize-56448,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/sam-altman-wants-no-responsibility-for-chatgpt-causing-death-or-serious-injury-of-100-or-more-people-or-at-least-1-billion-in-property-damage-as-company-testifies-in-.jpg\" alt=\"Sam Altman wants no responsibility for ChatGPT causing death or serious injury of 100 or more people or at least $1 billion in property damage as company testifies in \u2026\" title=\"Representative Image\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"0\"\/>ChatGPT maker <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/openai\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">OpenAI<\/a> has announced its support for a US state bill that would protect artificial intelligence (AI) labs from liability in cases where AI models are used to cause mass harm or significant property damage.<!-- --> According to a report by Wired, the proposed Illinois bill, SB 3444, would shield AI developers if incidents result in the death or serious injury of 100 or more people or at least $1 billion in property damage, provided the company did not act intentionally or recklessly and has published safety and transparency reports. The move signals a shift from OpenAI\u2019s earlier stance of pushing regulations that could increase liability for AI developers.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>The bill defines <span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\u201ccritical harms\u201d<\/span> to include scenarios such as the use of AI to create chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons, or cases where an AI system independently engages in actions that would be considered criminal if performed by a human. Under SB 3444, companies behind such systems, including those like ChatGPT, may not be held liable if they meet the outlined conditions.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>What OpenAI said about the new US bill that will protect AI labs <br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>In a statement to Wired, OpenAI spokesperson Jamie Radice said, <span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\u201cWe support approaches like this because they focus on what matters most: Reducing the risk of serious harm from the most advanced AI systems while still allowing this technology to get into the hands of the people and businesses\u2014small and big\u2014of Illinois. <\/span><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">They also help avoid a patchwork of state-by-state rules and move toward clearer, more consistent national standards.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>In testimony supporting the bill, OpenAI\u2019s Caitlin Niedermeyer argued for a broader federal approach to AI regulation, stating the need to avoid <span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\u201ca patchwork of inconsistent state requirements that could create friction without meaningfully improving safety.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\u201cAt OpenAI, we believe the North Star for frontier regulation should be the safe deployment of the most advanced models in a way that also preserves US leadership in innovation,\u201d<\/span> she added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>The bill applies to <span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\u201cfrontier models,\u201d<\/span> defined as systems trained with more than $100 million in computational resources, potentially covering companies such as Google, Anthropic, Meta, and others.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>However, the proposal has drawn criticism. Scott Wisor of the Secure AI project told Wired, <span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\u201cWe polled people in Illinois, asking whether they think AI companies should be exempt from liability, and 90% of people oppose it. There\u2019s no reason existing AI companies should be facing reduced liability.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/>This controversy follows an unresolved issue regarding the responsibility for injuries arising from AI technology. While the bill addresses massive instances of AI injury, some companies have already been taken to court over smaller cases in which people are harmed through their interactions with AI technology.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"38\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/technology\/tech-news\/sam-altman-wants-no-responsibility-for-chatgpt-causing-death-or-serious-injury-of-100-or-more-people-or-at-least-1-billion-in-property-damage-as-company-testifies-in-\/articleshow\/130172483.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ChatGPT maker OpenAI has announced its support for a US state bill that would protect&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26385,26384,2529,26388,26389,3904,26387,1548,26386,26390],"class_list":["post-10707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ai-company-liability-exemption","tag-ai-liability","tag-ai-safety","tag-artificial-intelligence-regulations","tag-caitlin-niedermeyer","tag-chatgpt","tag-mass-harm-by-ai","tag-openai","tag-sb-3444","tag-secure-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}