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October 5, 2026 9:48 AM

OpenAI’s Sam Altman says AI benefits warrant accepting some risks

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. Altman said there remained a fundamental difference in worldview between OpenAI and rival An...

September 29, 2026 5:40 PM

AI researchers warn companies rushing self-improving systems despite safety risks

Current and former OpenAI and Google DeepMind researchers warn companies are doing too little to protect the world against the potentially disastrous fallout of building self-improving AI systems that could outpace humans’ ability to control them. In video testimonials collected by AI safety nonprofit Palisade Research and shared exclusively with Reuters, employees said their concerns about existential risk were sincere, not marketing. They also said AI labs celebrated employees building new ...

September 24, 2026 11:53 AM

Tech leaders to UN: For the sake of humanity, please control the AI technology we created

The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations on Wednesday to save the world or at least its people — by somehow regulating the fast-expanding technology that they have been designing. “If managed poorly, I even believe AI could be a risk to humanity as a whole,” said Dario Amodei, chief executive officer of Anthropic. And from his competitor Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, came the assessment: “We could lose control of the future to AI.” Both said the c...

September 19, 2026 9:19 AM

AI won’t cause end of world by 2030, says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has dismissed concerns that artificial intelligence could trigger an extinction-level event, saying there is “zero percent chance” that AI will lead to the end of the world by 2030. In an interview with CBS News’ Sunday Morning, Huang rejected predictions of an AI-driven catastrophe and said the claims were contributing to unnecessary fear. Huang's comments came after US President Donald Trump also dismissed concerns over the dangers posed by AI as a “hoax”. T...

September 16, 2026 3:18 PM

Don’t build “Frankenstein” and then ask for government regulation: US Vice President JD Vance to AI Labs

US Vice President JD Vance has sharply criticised artificial intelligence developers for demanding global governance while continuing to build advanced systems, questioning industry leaders who create potential risks instead of focusing on immediate defensive tools. Speaking on the popular business and technology show, the All-In Podcast, Vance addressed the debate surrounding AI safety, stating, “Why is it that the people who are at the frontier of the AI economy are throwing up their hands ...

May 26, 2026 3:14 PM

OpenAI’s Altman says AI unlikely to lead to ‘jobs apocalypse’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on Tuesday the rapid development ‌and adoption of AI would not lead to a global "jobs apocalypse" and the technology had not claimed as many white-collar jobs as he had feared. Speaking virtually at a Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) conference in Sydney, Altman said he was initially concerned about the impact AI would have on global employment levels. He said he and his executives had been "roughly right" on the technological predictions made by OpenAI when...

April 27, 2026 4:31 PM

Elon Musk’s trial against Sam Altman to reveal the ongoing power struggle for OpenAI

The bitter legal fight between Elon Musk and the leading artificial intelligence firm, OpenAI, led by Sam Altman, may come down to a few pages in one executive's personal diary. "This is the only chance we have to get out from Elon," wrote Greg Brockman, OpenAI's president and a co-founder, in the fall of 2017. “Is he the ‘glorious leader’ that I would pick?” Brockman's diary entry is part of the thousands of pages of internal documents revealed in court since Musk, one of the original...

February 19, 2026 7:43 PM

Global Tech Leaders Urge Democratic, Inclusive AI to Serve Global South at India AI Summit 2026

Leading figures from the technology and philanthropy sectors on Thursday called for the democratization and inclusive development of artificial intelligence to prevent deepening global divides and to deliver broad prosperity, particularly in the Global South, during keynote addresses at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi. The summit, inaugurated earlier in the day by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who stressed that AI must serve as a tool for inclusion and empowerment in developing regi...

February 19, 2026 10:11 AM

Sam Altman announces ‘OpenAI for India’ initiative; Tata Group to build local AI infrastructure

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Thursday announced the launch of the ‘OpenAI for India’ initiative, aimed at developing local infrastructure, skills and partnerships to build “AI with India, for India, and in India”. Speaking at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, Altman said the programme seeks to expand access to artificial intelligence and support its economic and social applications in the country. According to the company, India already has more than 100 million weekly ChatGPT users across ...

October 5, 2025 11:38 AM

OpenAI’s Altman seeks funds for infrastructure expansion on Asia, Middle East tour, WSJ reports

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has embarked on a global fundraising initiative spanning East Asia and the Middle East, seeking financing and manufacturing partners to meet the company's demand for its computing capacity, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing sources familiar with the meetings. Altman has held discussions since late September in Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan with major suppliers such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Foxconn, Samsung, and SK Hynix to boost AI chip pr...