OpenAI’s Altman Clashes With EU Commissioner Over AI Regulation

OpenAI Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman’s European goodwill tour devolved into a war of words with European Union regulators after he said his company could pull out of the bloc over its proposed AI Act.

“The details really matter,” Altman, whose company kicked off the artificial intelligence boom with the release of ChatGPT last year, told reporters in London this week. “We will try to comply, but if we can’t comply we will cease operating.”

His warning comes as EU regulators are considering laws that will hold AI companies accountable for how their systems are used. EU lawmakers ...