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For months, Sam Altman, CEO of artificial intelligence research company OpenAI, has been calling on lawmakers around the world to draft new rules governing the technology. But on Wednesday, he threatened that the company could leave the EU if the EU was "over-regulated".

Over the past week, Altman has traveled around Europe, meeting with French, Spanish, Polish, German and British politicians to discuss the progress of ChatGPT and the future of artificial intelligence.

More than six months after OpenAI introduced its artificial intelligence-powered chat robot ChatGPT to the world, concerns about its potential have sparked excitement, panic and constant conflict with regulators.

One place Mr Altman has not visited this week is Brussels, where EU regulators are working on the long-awaited EU artificial intelligence bill, which could be the world's first set of rules to regulate artificial intelligence. Altman cancelled his scheduled visit to Brussels, according to two people familiar with the matter.

"the current draft EU artificial intelligence bill is over-regulated, but we hear it will be withdrawn," Altman said in London on Wednesday. "

However, the EU lawmaker responsible for the artificial intelligence bill challenged Altman's claim. "I don't think there will be any amendments in the near future," said Dragos Tudorache, a member of the Romanian European Parliament.

He added: "nevertheless, we are pleased to invite Mr. Altman to Parliament so that he can express his concerns and listen to the views of European lawmakers on these issues."

Thierry Thierry Breton, the EU commissioner for internal markets, also criticised Mr Altman's threat, saying the draft rules were not for negotiation.

On Thursday, Altman will meet with leaders including British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron, and the OpenAI is expected to discuss in more detail how to regulate artificial intelligence.

Lawmakers should not be "blackmailed" Dutch European Parliament member Kim van Sparrentak, who also helped draft the EU artificial intelligence bill, said she and other lawmakers "should not be blackmailed by American companies".

"if OpenAI does not comply with basic data governance, transparency and security requirements, then their system is not suitable for the European market," says Mr Sparentak.

By February, ChatGPT had the fastest user growth of any consumer app in history. OpenAI first clashed with regulators in March, when Garante, the Italian data regulator, shut down the app at home and accused OpenAI of flouting European privacy rules. It was only after the company put in place new privacy measures for users that ChatGPT came back online.

At the same time, EU lawmakers have added new proposals to the artificial intelligence bill, forcing any company that uses generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT to disclose any copyrighted material used to train its systems.

EU lawmakers agreed on the draft bill earlier this month, and EU member states, the European Commission and the European Parliament will finalize the final details of the bill.

Through the European Commission, individual member states such as France or Poland can also seek amendments before the bill is likely to be passed later this year.

Go all out to advance the plan although the legislation has been brewing for several years, new provisions for generative artificial intelligence tools were drafted just weeks before a critical vote on the proposals.

It had been reported that some lawmakers had initially proposed a total ban on the use of copyrighted materials to train generative artificial intelligence models, but the proposal was eventually rejected in favour of stricter transparency requirements.

"these rules are mainly about transparency, which ensures that artificial intelligence and the company that built it can be trusted," says Mr Tudolacher. I don't see any company shunning transparency. "

Nils Rauer, a technology partner at law firm Pinsent Masons, said it was "not surprising" that Altman made the comments as lawmakers considered their proposal.

"OpenAI is unlikely to turn its back on Europe, which is too economically important," he said. "you can't separate a single market with a population of nearly 500m and an economy of 15 trillion euros ($16.51 trillion)."

Speaking in Munich on Thursday, Altman said he had met with German Chancellor Olaf Olaf Scholz.

Sergey Lagodinsky, a member of the German European Parliament who also participated in the legislation, said that while Altman may be trying to push his agenda between countries, plans in Brussels to regulate the technology are "in full swing".

"of course, there may be some changes," he said. "but I don't think they will change the overall trajectory."

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