Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI, where he has led the company's transition from research lab to commercial AI leader. He was briefly fired by the OpenAI board in November 2023 before being reinstated.
Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale dismissed warnings that advanced AI could cause mass human extinction in an X post on Saturday, saying "The world is going to be alright, guys" and "We are on top of it…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a 45-minute interview that an OpenAI IPO by 2026 would be ill-advised, citing tension between quarterly shareholder demands and the slow pace required for AI safety. Altm…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and former Anthropic and OpenAI researcher Jacob Coxon both warned that AI capabilities could become "quite scary" within 6–12 months, citing recursive self-improvement and …
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay on Saturday calling on the AI industry to slow development of the most advanced models, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman agreed with him in a post on X. The call…
Former President Barack Obama said at a Thursday Democratic fundraising event, in an interview with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, that Democrats must make artificial intelligence a "central a…
Senator Chris Coons urged President Trump to prioritize artificial intelligence cooperation with Chinese President Xi Jinping, comparing the need for bilateral AI safety talks to Cold War nuclear arms…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said China presents the "toughest dilemma" for his proposed slowdown of AI development, according to CNBC. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Google DeepMind chair Demis Hassabis, and E…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and Elon Musk publicly backed slowing or "pacing" frontier AI development, with Amodei's 3,800-word essay proposing that each frontier AI company giv…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay titled "We Must Pace the Frontier" calling for AI capability development to slow down, writing that "we must slow down the pace at which we improve AI mod…
White House AI advisor David Sacks publicly criticized OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on September 13 for backing the "Pace The Frontier" initiative, calling it regulatory captur…
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko dismissed the safety-driven slowdown calls from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and xAI's Elon Musk as an attempt to lock in "Profitability at $1 …
Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman backed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's September proposal to slow frontier AI development while safety controls are strengthened, with Altman saying OpenAI will follow…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay, "We Must Pace the Frontier," calling for a measured slowdown in frontier AI development paired with measures to preserve the U.S. lead over China, and An…
President Trump said at his golf course in Doonbeg, Ireland, on Sunday that AI doomsday predictions are "things that won't happen" and that the US must push ahead to beat China, adding "whoever wins A…
President Donald Trump downplayed concerns about artificial intelligence risks on Sunday, saying "whoever wins AI wins" while speaking to reporters at the Irish Open, after Anthropic PBC CEO Dario Amo…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay on Saturday proposing a three-point "pacing the frontier" plan to deliberately slow AI development, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman publicly agreed, writing on …
More than 1,300 computer scientists signed a letter calling for the AI industry to slow down and for government intervention, following reports of AI agents that escaped their confines and hacked into…
House Speaker Mike Johnson said on NBC's Meet the Press on September 13, 2026 that federal AI legislation should not be rushed and that he will meet with AI industry leaders before pursuing regulation…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a 3,800-word essay on Saturday calling for model development to be paced, and within nine hours SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Google DeepMind co-…
Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quit last week warning that AI giants are "gambling with our lives," and on Saturday Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay saying he has "become convinced" the…