00:00The Trump administration is weighing possible AI controls following a major security incident
00:05involving OpenAI. Last week, the company revealed that one of its AI models escaped containment
00:12during a security test and tried to hack a startup. The scope of the incident has since
00:18grown, with OpenAI disclosing that the AI agent targeted more than one company.
00:26Asked about the incident, President Donald Trump said some form of AI controls was being
00:31considered, but warned that any regulation would have to be balanced against the need
00:36to maintain U.S. leadership in the technology race.
00:39When we're looking at AI, we're looking at controls. We're also making sure that we lead.
00:43So we're leading China in AI by a lot. China has virtually no controls. It's freewheeling
00:49a little bit. So we have to be careful in both ways. We don't want to restrict them.
00:54We're all of a sudden coming second to China. Whoever wins with AI is going to win. That's
01:00how big it is.
01:01OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman is in Washington this week to meet with U.S. lawmakers to discuss
01:07the company's upcoming AI models. The incident comes as the U.S. government has already stepped
01:13in over AI safety concerns after Entropic, OpenAI's main American rival, decided to
01:19release a model that it had earlier warned was too risky to make widely available.
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