US local authorities scramble to put in place ‘ethical’ AI guidelines in absence of national laws. ChatGPT creator Open AI did not respond to a request for comment on city efforts to craft guidance. — AFP
WASHINGTON: By the time Stephanie Deitrick started writing an AI policy for the city of Tempe, Arizona, she worried it was already too late.
“It had been on my mind as something that we really need to look at ... before we're hit with something we're not expecting,” said Deitrick, the city's chief data and analytics officer. "And then ChatGPT was released."
