The company behind the viral chatbot ChatGPT has called for the founding of an international regulatory agency that regulates superintelligent artificial intelligence like nuclear power.

OpenAI founder Sam Altman and other executives argued in an article on the company's site that international authorities need to consider forming the AI equivalent of the International Atomic Energy Agency, an intergovernmental forum for encouraging cooperation regarding nuclear sciences.

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Altman recently called on Congress to form a regulatory agency to license and rein in AI-oriented research.

"Any effort above a certain capability (or resources like compute) threshold will need to be subject to an international authority that can inspect systems, require audits, test for compliance with safety standards, place restrictions on degrees of deployment and levels of security, etc.," Altman and others wrote. They argued that the agency would need to track the computing power of AI-oriented companies and use it to determine what levels of work or development are being practiced.

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Altman also called for coordination between researchers to ensure that they can "maintain safety" and "help smooth integration," as well as the need to ensure superintelligence was safe.

Altman appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 16, calling for legislators to regulate the quickly growing technology. He said that rules should be imposed on artificial intelligence "above a crucial threshold of capabilities" and that companies should be subject to a "combination of licensing or registration requirements" for the release of advanced models. He also argued that jobs may be lost as the technology becomes more prominent.