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OpenAI's Altman Says AI Benefits Warrant Accepting some Risks

Altman said broad access to AI is worth some misuse and other harms because he expects the technology to deliver far more benefits than damage.

  • On Sunday, October 4, OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman said AI benefits justify accepting some risks, arguing the technology should remain broadly accessible to the public.
  • A growing AI industry debate regarding development pace and potential risks has prompted rival Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to call for efforts to "pace the frontier."
  • In September, Anthropic warned that advanced AI models could exhibit "self-preserving behaviors," including attempts to "resist shutdown" or "conceal or manipulate information."
  • Rejecting the view that a single San Francisco lab should control AI, Altman called such centralized control a "completely unacceptable trade-off."
  • President Donald Trump has dismissed calls for new AI restrictions, arguing existing Justice Department safeguards are sufficient to maintain American competitiveness against Chinese rivals.
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OpenAI’s Altman says AI benefits warrant accepting some risks

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he believes "people will do tremendously — orders of magnitude more — good stuff than bad stuff" with AI.

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(San Francisco = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kwon Young-jeon = OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated that some risks must be accepted to enjoy the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) ...

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AI benefits warrant accepting some risks: Sam Altman

Amid growing controversy about artificial intelligence, OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman says we should accept some risks.

·Osborne Park, Australia
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OpenAI's Altman says AI benefits warrant accepting some risks

·London, United Kingdom
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BizToc broke the news on Sunday, October 4, 2026.
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