OpenAI CEO in "historic" move calls for regulation before Congress

Lawmakers aired fears Tuesday about the potential misuse of generative AI, peppering OpenAI CEO Sam Altman with questions as he repeatedly said he'd welcome legislation in the space.

Driving the news: Altman, whose company OpenAI's generative AI product ChatGPT sparked the latest AI craze, testified before the Senate Judiciary committee for the first time as the the likelihood lawmakers unite and act on AI regulation before the technology rapidly develops remains slim.

Altman appeared along with IBM chief privacy officer Christina Montgomery and NYU professor Gary Marcus.