ChatGPT-maker OpenAI says has no plans to leave Europe


FILE PHOTO OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies before a Senate Judiciary Privacy Technology amp the Law Subcommittee hearing titled Oversight of A.I. Rules for Artificial Intelligence on Capitol Hill in Washington U.S. May 16 2023. REUTERSElizabeth Frantz

FILE PHOTO: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies before a Senate Judiciary Privacy, Technology & the Law Subcommittee hearing titled 'Oversight of A.I.: Rules for Artificial Intelligence' on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

(Reuters) - OpenAI has no plans to leave Europe, CEO Sam Altman said on Friday, reversing a threat made earlier this week to leave the region if it becomes too hard to comply with upcoming laws on artificial intelligence.

The EU is working on what could be the first set of rules globally to govern AI and Altman on Wednesday said the current draft of the EU AI Act was "over-regulating".

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