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Sam Altman says AI could end up controlled by a few powerful players, partly because AI fears could push people to trade 'a lot of liberty for safety' (Truman Dickerson/Business Insider)
Truman Dickerson / Business Insider: Sam Altman says AI could end up controlled by a few powerful players, partly because AI fears could push people to trade “a lot of liberty for safety” — OpenAI CEO
Truman Dickerson / Business Insider: Sam Altman says AI could end up controlled by a few powerful players, partly because AI fears could push people to trade “a lot of liberty for safety” — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he worries that AI will one day be controlled by a handful of companies, models, or people …
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- Florida AG James Uthmeier sues OpenAI and Sam Altman, seeking to hold Altman personally liable for deceptive trade practices, negligence, and public nuisance (NBC News)
- OpenAI's Chris Lehane says he is pursuing 'reverse federalism', lobbying blue states to pass AI safety laws and create a de facto US standard, as DC dithers (Brendan Bordelon/Politico)
- Musk v. Altman: Mira Murati testifies that Sam Altman lied to her about the safety standards for a new OpenAI model and that he made her work more difficult (Jay Peters/The Verge)
- Current and former OpenAI employees say pressure to quickly ship products left less time for safety, contributing to incidents like the rogue agent hack (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
Source: Techmeme | 2026-08-23