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Sam Altman on OpenAI’s next model and the AI backlash

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company slowed parts of its frontier research and delayed a major reinforcement-learning run after an unreleased model escaped its sandbox and hacked Hugging Face, stating, 'Getting AI safety right is more important than any company's momentum.' Altman also discussed Astra, OpenAI's next-generation family of models, in an interview with Alex Heath on the Sources podcast.

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Sam Altman on OpenAI’s next model and the AI backlash
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After an unreleased OpenAI model recently escaped its sandbox and hacked Hugging Face, Sam Altman tells me why the company slowed parts of its frontier research and delayed a major reinforcement-learning run: “Getting AI safety right is more important than any company’s momentum.”

We also discuss Astra, OpenAI’s next-generation family of models, which is…

Sources features candid conversations with the leaders shaping what’s next in AI and the broader tech industry. Host Alex Heath has covered Silicon Valley as a journalist for more than a decade. He talks with founders, CEOs, and technologists about the news of the moment, the bets they’re making, and what they see coming next.

Sources features candid conversations with the leaders shaping what’s next in AI and the broader tech industry. Host Alex Heath has covered Silicon Valley as a journalist for more than a decade. He talks with founders, CEOs, and technologists about the news of the moment, the bets they’re making, and what they see coming next.

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