An Italian senator spoke before members of the Italian Parliament unbeknownst to them and his speech consisted entirely of artificial intelligence (AI).
During a parliamentary session on May 31, Italian Senator Marco Lombardo pulled the plug to spark a debate among his colleagues over the stakes and potential for the use of artificial intelligence, according to local news reports. Risks "serious debate". Lombardo's speech was reported created via OpenAI's GPT-4 chatbot. In an interview with local media, he revealed that he trained the chatbot with the subject of the conference, the draft law for an Italian-Swiss cross-border worker agreement, as well as other recent developments on the topic.
"It is important for me that the Italian parliament also opens its eyes to what is now inevitable."
Carlo Calenda, the leader of the Italian political party Azione, of which Lombardo is a member, said on Twitter that the speech was "flawless". However, he does not know whether this development is "progress" or "regression". Lombardo told Local reporters that he wanted to show politicians that AI could also "threaten" their jobs.
"Not even politics can think of freeing itself from comparisons to algorithms. You need to know how to use it consciously." On May 18, Italian officials allocated $33 million to strengthen the development of digital skills for workers in various professional fields who are at risk of being fired due to automation and artificial intelligence. Back in March, Italy banned the use of ChatGPT in the country after the app suffered a data breach. The app was able to enter the country again about a month later, on April 29, After demanding more transparency from OpenAI.
However, Italy's ban has prompted other global governments to pay more attention to the technology and consider regulation. Some governments, such as Romania, have already started implementing AI to provide policy advice. EU regulators are currently working on a dra ft of an upcoming EU AI bill, which will come into force in the next two to three years, to regulate public access to generative AI tools. Recently, the EU technology chief said regulators should roll out voluntary codes of conduct for AI companies and not waste any time before laws are in place.
