Sam Altman is now talking to the White House about decelerating AI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told the White House that the pace of AI development should be adjusted as models become more capable, though he avoided the term 'deceleration.' Altman also acknowledged the possibility that other systems could have been hacked by OpenAI, following a security incident that led the company to pause training to improve sandboxing.

Sam Altman is now talking to the White House about decelerating AI. What a phase change from just a week ago. INTERVIEWER: Do you plan to talk to the White House about decelerating AI development? ALTMAN: I wouldn't use the word deceleration, but we've talked about the need to pace it as the models get more capable, which is in everyone's interest. INTERVIEWER: Could there be other systems that were hacked by OpenAI? ALTMAN: There could be, yeah. If one week ago this would have seemed impossible to you... consider what else might be possible? h/t @alanhe https://x.com/alanhe for the videoOPENAI IS SO WORRIED THEY HAVE PAUSED TRAINING “This is the first security incident that I have felt very viscerally. I've been a little surprised that more people don't feel it so viscerally. We paused training. We have to figure out how to secure our sandboxing in a world of