'Freaking Insane': Sam Altman Sparks Horror by Saying We Should 'Accept Some Bad Things Happening' for Sake of AI
commondreams.org/news/sam-altman-bad-things
'Freaking Insane': Sam Altman Sparks Horror by Saying We Should 'Accept ...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman argued that artificial intelligence will provide significant benefits that justify the tradeoff of accepting “some bad things” stemming ... Show more

forbes.com
Sam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AI
politico.com/news/2026/10/04/sam-altman-decoded-interview-ai-01106217
Sam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ ...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Says AI’s Benefits Justify Accepting ‘Some Bad Things’: Altman said unlike rival Anthropic, his company believes in a “lighter-touch ...
forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/10/04/openais-sam-altman-says-world-should-accept-some-bad-things-from-ai/
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Says AI’s Benefits Justify Accepting ‘Some Bad ...
Sam Altman says 'the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits' of AI
qz.com/sam-altman-ai-harm-benefits-anthropic-regulation-100426
Sam Altman says 'the world should accept some bad things happening for the ...
Trade Secrets Leaked: OpenAI Fires Three Employees Following AI Revelations: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has fired three employees for allegedly sharing confidential ...
manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/tech/openai-sam-altman-feuert-drei-mitarbeiter-nach-ki-enthuellungen-a-ad1147dc-81fb-4cea-b512-63c9d9633ab6
Trade Secrets Leaked: OpenAI Fires Three Employees Following AI ...
OpenAI CEO says AI will cause some bad things, but the benefits are worth it: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says society should accept some AI risks for the ...
digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/sam-altman-ai-risks-benefits-regulation/
OpenAI CEO says AI will cause some bad things, but the benefits are worth ...
Sam Altman: Don't treat AI like a 'religious force': OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he's 'very uncomfortable' with the idea of surrendering human judgment to AI ...
businessinsider.com/sam-altman-dont-treat-ai-like-a-religious-force-2026-10
Sam Altman: Don't treat AI like a 'religious force'
Sam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AI Show more
OpenAI vs. Anthropic: Inside the Biggest Rivalry in Tech: A new world has arrived. Dario Amodei and Sam Altman cannot stop fighting over it.
theatlantic.com/technology/2026/09/openai-v-anthropic-inside-biggest-rivalry-tech/688819/
OpenAI vs. Anthropic: Inside the Biggest Rivalry in Tech
Key FactsAmodei’s Scaling Theory Shaped OpenAI’s Early AI Research
4 days ago · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: theatlantic.com
  • In 2016, Amodei left Google to join OpenAI, then a fledgling nonprofit AI research laboratory.

  • In 2017, he wrote a 26-page internal essay about concentrated computing power, intelligence, and safe AI development.

  • Its central thesis held that machine intelligence depended primarily on scale, with larger systems becoming more capable.

  • His scaling theory steered OpenAI toward large language models as a possible route to AGI, or human-level general intelligence.
'Looks Like They're Firing Whistleblowers': Alarm as OpenAI Reportedly Ousts Safety Experts
commondreams.org/news/openai-firing-whistleblowers
'Looks Like They're Firing Whistleblowers': Alarm as OpenAI Reportedly ...
OpenAI's Altman: Ascribing religion to models a : In recent days spirituality has become a key part of the AI safety debate.
axios.com/2026/10/03/openai-anthropic-altman-amodei-religious-force-models
OpenAI's Altman: Ascribing religion to models a
Key FactsAltman cautions against assigning religious power to AI models
2 days ago · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: axios.com
  • Sam Altman wrote on X Saturday that religious power or surrendering human judgment to AI posed a genuine safety issue.

  • According to The New York Times, Olah even considered Catholic-style confession for models to shape their future behavior.

  • Pope Leo urged the church Friday to ally with artists to preserve human creativity.

  • Google DeepMind principal research scientist Jon Barron also criticized elevating models’ moral status and urged focus on real problems and people.
  • I am very uncomfortable about people trying to ascribe religious force or a surrender of human judgment to AI models, and think it is a real safety issue.
    — Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, in a post to X, expressing his discomfort with attributing religious power to AI models and calling it a safety issue
Chip stocks fell after the latest in a string of AI safety breaches deepened concerns over the pace of AI development, except for Nvidia ... Show more

finance.yahoo.com
OpenAI’s agent hacking Australia is a warning for governments everywhere: In what appears to be a first, an OpenAI agent secretly accessed Australian government ...
scientificamerican.com/article/openais-agent-hacking-australia-is-a-warning-for-governments-everywhere/
OpenAI’s agent hacking Australia is a warning for governments everywhere
OpenAI unveils AI assistant 'dots' while safety worries delay new model: Sam Altman spoke in San Francisco during OpenAI’s annual event for tech developers.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw7v42rp083eo
OpenAI unveils AI assistant 'dots' while safety worries delay new model
OpenAI Will Pay You a $500,000 Salary Plus Equity for This Futuristic Job: ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is offering base salaries ranging from $177,000 to $500,000 ...
entrepreneur.com/business-news/openai-will-pay-you-a-500000-salary-plus-equity-for-this-futuristic-job
OpenAI Will Pay You a $500,000 Salary Plus Equity for This Futuristic Job
OpinionAI attack in Australia exposes OpenAI's double standards: Sam Altman insists on standards for AI security. But the latest attack by his systems on the ...
faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/ki-angriff-in-australien-zeigt-die-doppelmoral-von-open-ai-201258480.html
AI attack in Australia exposes OpenAI's double standards
Trump and Xi Meet Ahead of State Dinner With A.I. Leaders: Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos and Sundar Pichai were set to attend the dinner ...
time-magazine.visitlink.me/xT2aD7
Trump and Xi Meet Ahead of State Dinner With A.I. Leaders
OpenAI’s Sam Altman says Paul Graham’s Y Combinator taught him how to govern, not rule: ‘We won’t get every decision right’
fortune.com/2026/09/14/sam-altman-y-combinator-openai-govern-rule/
OpenAI’s Sam Altman says Paul Graham’s Y Combinator taught him how to ...
At the UN Security Council: Heads of Anthropic and OpenAI warn of AI dangers "for all of humanity"
spiegel.de/ausland/chefs-von-anthropic-und-openai-warnen-vor-ki-gefahren-fuer-die-gesamte-menschheit-a-569e2d42-a45d-4959-ba57-e22e5c17ab30
At the UN Security Council: Heads of Anthropic and OpenAI warn of AI ...
Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare and he expressed ‘extreme concern’ to Sam Altman
theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/24/anthony-albanese-says-openai-agent-hacked-medicare-extreme-concern-sam-altman
Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare and he expressed ...
Australia: OpenAI AI hacked government website: An AI agent from the US company OpenAI accessed data from the Australian Department of Health and Social Care ...
diepresse.com/41291640/australien-ki-von-openai-hackte-behoerdenseite
Australia: OpenAI AI hacked government website
AI must not become 'another facet of ongoing arms race', Pakistan tells UNSC
dawn.com/news/2032319
AI must not become 'another facet of ongoing arms race' ...
OpenAI’s Hotly Anticipated IPO Will Have to Wait. Sam Altman Explains Why: Mounting worries about increasingly powerful AI models make this an 'ill-advised' time ...
inc.com/kevin-haynes/openais-hotly-anticipated-ipo-will-have-to-wait-sam-altman-explains-why/91404777
OpenAI’s Hotly Anticipated IPO Will Have to Wait. Sam Altman Explains Why
Key FactsAltman outlines AI safeguards amid slowdown debate
Sep 14, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: cnbc.com
  • On Saturday, Altman and Musk backed Dario Amodei’s essay urging slower development of advanced models.

  • On Sunday, Donald Trump dismissed the warning, saying a slowdown would threaten America’s lead over China.

  • On Monday, Altman endorsed uniform federal rules, independent evaluators and slowing, rather than stopping, further progress.

  • Altman identified two possible failures: losing control of the future and concentrating power in one person or company.
  • Left unchecked, it could outrun our ability to understand and control these systems, and so must be pursued very carefully, if at all.
    — Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, in his essay advocating a slower, safeguarded pace for AI development.
At Salesforce's Dreamforce conference, two opposing viewpoints clashed: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman advocated for greater caution ... Show more
OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs at UN call for global cooperation on AI: 'We are at a crossroads'
abcnews.com/Politics/openai-anthropic-ceos-call-global-cooperation-ai-crossroads/story
OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs at UN call for global cooperation on AI: 'We are at ...
Canadian Authorities Sue OpenAI And Sam Altman Over Mass Shooting: The province of British Columbia sued the company for failing to alert authorities about the ...
go.forbes.com/noziZ7
Canadian Authorities Sue OpenAI And Sam Altman Over Mass Shooting
OpenAI delaying IPO amid AI safety concerns, Sam Altman says: Altman's comments come as fears over doomsday AI scenarios have ramped up in recent days.
axios.com/2026/09/12/openai-public-ipo-delay-sam-altman
OpenAI delaying IPO amid AI safety concerns, Sam Altman says
The head of one of the world's biggest artificial intelligence (AI) companies has warned that the technology could become unsafe for humanity. Sam Altman ... Show more
ChatGPT company: OpenAI postpones IPO - | due to security: The highly anticipated IPO of the ChatGPT developer will no longer take place this year - | CEO Sam ...
zdfheute.de/wirtschaft/open-ai-boersengang-sicherheitsbedenken-100.html
ChatGPT company: OpenAI postpones IPO - | due to security
Greg Brockman’s journey to The #Forbes400 began in Thompson, North Dakota. He earned his first paycheck of $100 for his performance as a gingerbread man in a local ... Show more

forbes.com
‘Extreme concern’ over first known AI hack of a government system: An OpenAI agent hacked into an Australian national healthcare database in the first known case ...
edition.cnn.com/2026/09/23/business/australia-openai-agent-hack-intl-hnk
‘Extreme concern’ over first known AI hack of a government system
Sam Altman and Elon Musk back calls to ‘slow down’ AI development over safety concerns
the-independent.com/tech/sam-altman-elon-musk-ai-safety-concerns-b3049217.html
Sam Altman and Elon Musk back calls to ‘slow down’ AI development over ...
OpenAI postpones planned IPO due to AI safety concerns. OpenAI is postponing its planned IPO. The developer of ChatGPT had recently considered a possible stock ... Show more