OpenAI's Altman says AI benefits warrant accepting some risks
Altman said OpenAI will accept some harms for broader AI access as the company faces security incidents affecting more than 100 organizations.
- OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman told Decoded that AI benefits justify accepting some risks, distinguishing his firm's regulatory stance from rival Anthropic on the technology's accessibility and control.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei recently advocated that the industry should 'pace the frontier' to mitigate dangers, warning in September that advanced models could exhibit 'self-preserving behaviors' and 'resist shutdown.'
- 'I think there's a lot of daylight,' Altman said, rejecting centralized control and calling that model 'a completely unacceptable trade-off' restricting public access to AI benefits.
- Despite Altman's stated philosophy, OpenAI recently endorsed a bipartisan House proposal requiring outside safety evaluators and supported new state laws imposing stricter safety requirements than previously favored.
- President Donald Trump has largely dismissed calls for new restrictions, arguing they would hinder American companies competing against Chinese rivals while maintaining that existing Justice Department agencies provide sufficient safeguards.
80 Articles
80 Articles
Most recently, Sam Altman had initiated the AI regulation debate and introduced new security mechanisms to his company OpenAI. Now, the CEO is rowing a bit back: bad things have to be accepted because the good prevails, says Altman. He does not believe in disaster scenarios.
The head of OpenAI called on the world to accept "some negative aspects" for the sake of the advantages of AI
The head of OpenAI called on the world to accept "some negative aspects" for the sake of the advantages of AI.Sam Altman told Politico that he would not agree to restrict access to neural networks in exchange for guarantees of the absence of major...
Sam Altman, CEO of artificial intelligence (AI) company OpenAI, stated in an exclusive interview with Politico that the benefits of AI technologies require some risk to be reconciled and AI should remain widely available to the public.
Sam Altman tells Politico the world "should accept some harm from AI"
OpenAI chief Sam Altman says the gains from AI are worth some harm. He also says the tech should stay open to the public. Altman made the comments in an interview with Politico for the first edition of Decoded. The new daily tech newsletter and podcast launches on Monday. TNW has not seen the full interview. “We […] This story continues at The Next Web
The head of OpenAI stressed how humans can reap many benefits from Artificial Intelligence, however this will not be without "losses".
The benefits of the development of artificial intelligence justify the attendant risks of technology, said the head of OpenAI Sam Altman. The benefits of the development of artificial intelligence technologies fully outweigh the attendant threats. "We believe that the world must accept some of the bad things that are happening in order to gain the benefits of this technology and for the people who will run it," explained the head of OpenAI Sam A…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 45% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
