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OpenAI boss confirms world 'right to be afraid' but 'should trust' AI companies
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OpenAI boss Sam Altman thinks people should have more faith in his company and others like it to do the right thing when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) development amid rising public concerns about all the risks.
Key facts
- After Altman's comments, Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg wrote on X that every AI lab has the ability and the incentive "to take its own actions" towards making AI tools and models that are designed
- The post was applauded by Altman, as well as co-founder of Google's DeepMind Demis Hassabis, and Elon Musk, owner of social media site X and AI assistant Grok
- By Tuesday, more AI leaders were voicing support for self-regulation rather than government involvement
- Patrick Hillman, the chief operating officer of Logical Intelligence, which is chaired by Yann LeCun, a sage of the AI industry, noted Tuesday how little faith people have in tech companies
Summary
"The world should trust that we are going to do the right thing because it's the right thing and we feel the magnitude of this," Altman said on Tuesday during a conference in San Francisco. However, Altman noted that people were justified in their fears around AI, as the capability of the tools has progressed rapidly. "It doesn't take as much imagination as it used to for to imagine how this could go wrong," he said. Altman's comments came during an appearance at an annual conference hosted by software firm Salesforce.