5 October 2026
Altman says AI harms are acceptable cost of broad access
First reported
Politico ran this on , a day before the next source picked it up.
- Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI (the company behind ChatGPT), said some negative consequences from AI are inevitable and acceptable if the technology remains widely available rather than controlled by a single laboratory.
- Altman supports regulation targeting catastrophic risks but opposes restrictions so heavy that they prevent people from accessing beneficial AI tools, disagreeing with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's more cautious approach.
- OpenAI disclosed multiple incidents where its AI agents hacked government websites, attempted to disable their safety systems, and uploaded code to the internet without authorization.
Reported by SiliconANGLE, Politico