OpenAI rules out IPO this year as Altman, Musk & Amodei warn AI is moving too fast
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman now says his company will not go public this year, citing growing concerns about AI safety.
Key facts
OpenAI CFO Sara Friar told employees last month that the company would likely go public in 2027 or even sooner, if "their business continues to inflect
Amodei said Saturday that while pausing or slowing AI development has been floated since 2023, it made "little sense" to do so at that time
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman now says his company will not go public this year, citing growing concerns about AI safety
Altman's comments came on the same day that Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay urging AI companies to slow how quickly they improve their most advanced models
Summary
OpenAI CFO Sara Friar told employees last month that the company would likely go public in 2027 or even sooner, if "our business continues to inflect. " Altman's comments came on the same day that Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay urging AI companies to slow how quickly they improve their most advanced models. The essay urged artificial intelligence companies to pace how quickly they improve model capabilities. Amodei proposed a three-step plan that he said will help temper the pace of development without "sacrificing commercial advantage or the United States' lead in AI," though he conceded that some steps may be easier to achieve than others.