Sam Altman believes that the UAE could become a global testing ground for artificial intelligence

OpenAI founder Sam Altman stated that the United Arab Emirates could serve as a global ‘regulatory sandbox’ for testing artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and later lead the way in global rules that limit their use.

– It is very difficult to correct all regulatory ideas in a vacuum. And if there were a limited way in which I could give people the future and let them experiment with it and then see what makes sense, what went wrong, what went right, that seems like an interesting experiment – Altman said to the UAE Minister of Artificial Intelligence during a virtual appearance at the World Government Summit.

The world will need to create a unified policy to curb the accelerated advancement of AI in the future, believes the head of OpenAI, whose ChatGPT has initiated a true technological revolution on a global scale.

– I think for a number of reasons the United Arab Emirates would be positioned as leaders in discussions about this – Altman said on Tuesday while courting investors in the Middle East for a semiconductor initiative to enhance artificial intelligence. The United Arab Emirates has invested heavily in artificial intelligence and made it a key political factor, but its ties to China have raised concerns in the U.S.

On Monday, the CEO of G42, an Emirati AI company controlled by UAE National Security Advisor Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, told Bloomberg that the company would reduce its presence in China to comply with Washington’s demands. It is worth noting that G42 is in partnership with OpenAI, Microsoft, and Cerebras Systems.

In his statement on Tuesday, Altman said that OpenAI also plans to open some additional large language models developed by his company, although it has yet to decide which ones. He also stated that the company will develop tools for poorer countries that cannot afford the enormous costs of developing their own AI systems.

– We want to have an offering that makes sense for countries that want to provide artificial intelligence services – Altman concluded.