Brookings February 21, 2023
With OpenAI’s ChatGPT now a constant presence both on social media and in the news, generative artificial intelligence (AI) models have taken hold of the public’s imagination. Policymakers have taken note too, with statements from Members addressing risks and AI-generated text read on the floor of the House of Representatives. While they are still emerging technologies, generative AI models have been around long enough to consider what we know now, and what regulatory interventions might best tackle both legitimate commercial use and malicious use.
WHAT ARE GENERATIVE AI MODELS?
ChatGPT is just one of a new generation of generative models—its fame is a result of how accessible it is to the public, not necessarily its...