Altman says the world 'should accept some bad things happening' for the benefits of AI
In a Politico interview, the OpenAI CEO drew a line between his company's stance and Anthropic's, but said catastrophic risks are unacceptable.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in an interview with Decoded by Politico, published Sunday, that there is "a lot of daylight" between OpenAI and Anthropic on AI regulation, Business Insider reported.
"We believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology and people having the agency," Altman said. "I think people will do tremendously — orders of magnitude more — good stuff than bad stuff."
Altman said he does not accept "the really catastrophic risks," including the potential for "a serious loss of control to AI."
Business Insider noted that the companies' positions have narrowed in recent months, with OpenAI endorsing stricter state safety laws and a bipartisan House proposal to embed outside safety evaluators at top AI companies.
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