{"slug": "openais-sam-altman-tells-g20-ai-will-be-as-essential-as-electricity", "title": "OpenAI’s Sam Altman tells G20 AI will be as essential as electricity", "summary": "OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told ministers at the G20 tech summit in North Carolina that artificial intelligence will become as essential as electricity, warning that rejecting AI would be like rejecting electricity during the industrial era. Altman also said a child growing up today will never be smarter than AI, urging leaders to embrace the technology.", "body_md": "OpenAI’s Sam Altman tells G20 AI will be as essential as electricity\n\n[NewsFeed](/video/newsfeed/)\n\n# OpenAI’s Sam Altman tells G20 AI will be as essential as electricity\n\n‘A kid growing up today will never be smarter than AI.’ OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has urged ministers at the G20 tech summit in North Carolina to embrace AI, warning that failing to do so would be comparable to rejecting electricity during the industrial era.\n\nPublished On 3 Sep 2026", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openais-sam-altman-tells-g20-ai-will-be-as-essential-as-electricity", "canonical_source": "https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/3/openais-sam-altman-tells-g20-ai-will-be-as-essential-as-electricity?traffic_source=rss", "published_at": "2026-09-03 08:04:36+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-03 08:24:46.497588+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Sam Altman", "G20"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openais-sam-altman-tells-g20-ai-will-be-as-essential-as-electricity", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openais-sam-altman-tells-g20-ai-will-be-as-essential-as-electricity.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openais-sam-altman-tells-g20-ai-will-be-as-essential-as-electricity.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openais-sam-altman-tells-g20-ai-will-be-as-essential-as-electricity.jsonld"}}