Sam Altman: The benefits of AI are worth ‘some bad things’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tells POLITICO’s Brendan Bordelon that the company is preparing to disclose more incidents involving its AI models. He says he knows of none as severe as those recently reported and explains why he believes AI companies should accept some bounded risks while taking catastrophic risks seriously. In the first episode of Decoded, Altman discusses AI safety and regulation, where OpenAI differs from Anthropic, the political money flowing into the AI debate and the race with China. He also weighs in on the White House’s push to call AI “super intelligence” and what he wants to see before releasing more powerful models. For more, subscribe to the Decoded newsletter and our podcast. ----------------------------------------- Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjtvMmHXbutALaw9XzRkAg?view_as=subscriber Check out our video catalog: https://www.politico.com/video Follow POLITICO here: ➤ X: https://x.com/politico/ ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politico/ ➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politico/