Speaking to conservative US broadcaster Fox News on Sunday, Altman said AI technology needed massive infrastructure support and that he believed Trump would be good at providing it.
"We need to build that here and we need to be able to have the best AI infrastructure in the world to be able to lead with the technology and the capabilities," he said.
"I believe President-elect Trump will be very good at that."
Altman was responding to a question on the United States' competition with China on AI, adding "we very much believe that the United States and our allies need to lead this."
The infrastructure that AI technology requires includes huge amounts of electricity, as well as large data centers and technological support in the form of access to advanced semiconductors and computer chips.
Altman also said the US Congress needs to pass legislation that erects safeguards for the use of artificial intelligence.
"I think, yes. At some point, when it is, what form it should be, I don't know when that will happen," he said, responding to a question.
"I think it should be a question for society. Like, it should not be OpenAI gets to decide on its own how ChatGPT or how the technology in general is used or not used."
OpenAI has seen its profile skyrocket over recent years as it has become a star player in the growing field of artificial intelligence.
Billionaire Elon Musk, who co-founded OpenAI in 2015 but has since left it, has asked a US court to stop the company from converting into a for-profit enterprise, US media reported on Saturday.
Elon Musk asks US court to block OpenAi's for-profit conversion
Washington (AFP) Dec 1, 2024 -
Elon Musk has again asked a US court to stop ChatGPT-maker OpenAI from converting into a for-profit enterprise, CNBC reported Saturday.
Attorneys representing the billionaire and his AI startup, xAI, filed the injunction Friday, the financial news site reported.
The injunction also requests that OpenAI be stopped from allegedly barring its investors from funding competing companies.
The move is the latest development in a business feud between OpenAI and Musk, who co-founded the group in 2015 but has since left.
OpenAI has seen its profile skyrocket over recent years as it has become a star player in the growing field of artificial intelligence.
Musk has alleged that OpenAI bars its investors from making investments in rivals -- which would put his own startup at a disadvantage in a sector where billions of dollars are at stake.
OpenAI was founded as a non-profit and has since switched to a "capped" for-profit enterprise.
It is currently seeking to become a for-profit public benefit corporation, which could attract more investment.
After leaving in 2018, Musk said he was uncomfortable with the profit-driven direction the company was taking under the stewardship of CEO Sam Altman.
He filed a lawsuit against the company in March, accusing it of breaking its original non-profit mission to make AI research available to all.
OpenAI argues that Musk's lawsuit, as well as his embrace of open source development for AI, is little more than a case of sour grapes after leaving the company.
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