Facts

• In an open letter issued by the Future of Life Institute, Artificial Intelligence (AI) experts — including SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque, and Google researchers — have called for a six-month pause in developing systems more powerful than OpenAI's newly launched GPT-4.
• The Future of Life Institute is a non-profit that focuses on "steering transformative technology towards benefiting life and away from extreme large-scale risks."
• In the letter, more than 1k experts say they believe the pause should take place until proper safety protocols have been developed and vetted by independent experts.
• They also call for new regulators dedicated to tracking AI, provenance and watermarking systems to help distinguish real from synthetic and track model leaks, and a robust auditing and certification ecosystem.
• The letter cites OpenAI founder Sam Altman's own blog, in which he stated that "at some point, it may be important to get independent review before starting to train future systems." In response, the letter said, "We agree. That point is now."
• This letter comes amid rumors that Musk, an early investor in OpenAI and current funder of the Future of Life Institute, is exploring developing a rival to ChatGPT.