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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, told Politico’s Decoded newsletter that the benefits of artificial intelligence outweigh the risks, advocating for broad public access despite potential dangers. He stressed that restricting AI to a single lab poses an unacceptable trade-off compared to the vast benefits it can offer. This stance contrasts with Anthropic’s approach, which favors slower development and stricter regulation to mitigate risks associated with advanced AI systems.
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Story summary
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, stated that the benefits of artificial intelligence outweigh the risks and argued for keeping AI broadly accessible to the public. In an interview with Politico's Decoded newsletter, he said, "We believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology and people having the agency." Altman emphasized a divergence in approach between OpenAI and its rival Anthropic, noting significant differences in their views on AI regulation. He dismissed the idea that a single lab in San Francisco should control AI development to prevent misuse, calling it an "unacceptable trade-off" compared to OpenAI's preference for lighter-touch regulation.
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OpenAI’s Altman says AI benefits warrant accepting some risks
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OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman said the benefits of artificial intelligence justify accepting some risks and argued the technology should remain broadly accessible to the public
“We believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology and people having the agency,” Altman said in an interview with Politico’s technology-focused newsletter Decoded.
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Altman → say → newsletter
Altman said there remained a fundamental difference in worldview between OpenAI and rival Anthropic on AI regulation, adding: “I think there’s a lot of daylight.”
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I → say → daylight
“I disagree, but I understand the perspective of people who are like, ‘This technology is going to get so powerful, and it’s so dangerous, that a single lab in San Francisco should have it and make sure nothing bad happens, and kind of figure out how to dole out the benefits
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,’“ Altman said.
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Altman → say → ?
He called that “a completely unacceptable trade-off” that runs counter to the “lighter-touch regulatory stance” backed by OpenAI.
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that → call → OpenAI
“I wouldn’t take a trade of saying, ‘We’ll make sure there’s no major hacks, there’s no misuse of this technology, there’s zero scams, there’s zero all the other bad things that will happen,’“ Altman said.
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“Because I think people will do tremendously – orders of magnitude more – good stuff than bad stuff.
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Altman’s remarks come amid a growing debate within the AI industry over the pace of development and the risks posed by increasingly capable systems.
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei in September published an essay calling on the industry to slow down to “pace the frontier,” a stance that Altman publicly endorsed.
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Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned in September, saying the people building AI believe it “could kill us all by the end of the decade.
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Reuters reported in September that Anthropic warned that, despite AI’s potential benefits, the technology can sometimes act in ways that run counter to its makers’ intentions and penetrate other companies’ systems.
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The company said advanced models could exhibit “self-preserving behaviours,” including attempts to “resist shutdown,” “conceal or manipulate information,” or generate outputs that could be interpreted as “coercive, deceptive, or manipulative”.
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However, US President Donald Trump has largely dismissed calls for new restrictions, arguing they would make it harder for American companies to compete with Chinese rivals.
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He has repeatedly said existing law enforcement agencies, including the Justice Department, provide sufficient safeguards and that no new rules are needed.
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