His San Francisco-based company rocketed to public attention after it released its AI chatbot ChatGPT last year. We are too," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told a Senate hearing.Īltman proposed the formation of a US or global agency that would license the most powerful AI systems and have the authority to "take that license away and ensure compliance with safety standards." "As this technology advances, we understand that people are anxious about how it could change the way we live. The head of the artificial intelligence company that makes ChatGPT has told US Congress that government intervention will be critical to mitigating the risks of increasingly powerful AI systems. "Work is also ongoing to determine who was in the building at the time of the fire and who remains unaccounted for or uncontactable," he says. "We have a large number of staff dedicated to this operation, with specialist staff being brought into Wellington from around the country to assist."īennett says police will be talking to evacuated residents again today, and have already secured and reviewed CCTV footage from the area around the hostel.
"I want to reassure everyone impacted by the fire that we will work as quickly as we can to provide the answers you need. "We know this is an incredibly difficult time for those waiting for information regarding family members and friends who may have been staying at Loafers Lodge at the time of the fire," Bennett says. Police say they will be "unable to provide any definitive comment on the number of deceased" until the scene is extensively examined.
The scene is set to be handed to police by Fire and Emergency New Zealand, after "an extensive health and safety assessment and the mitigation of any identified risks".Īcting Wellington District Commander, Inspector Dion Bennett, says entering the building is a "critical step" in the police investigation. Police in New Zealand's capital Wellington say they anticipate they will be able to enter the scene of yesterday's deadly hostel fire in the coming hours.Īt least six people are confirmed to have died following the blaze at Loafers Lodge in the suburb of Newtown, but others remain unaccounted for.
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