9 October 2026

Altman says the world should accept some AI harms for its benefits

First reported

The Guardian ran this on 8 October, a day before the next source picked it up.

Altman also criticised people who attribute religious force to AI models, calling that a safety issue.
The remarks drew a sharp response from columnist Moustafa Bayoumi, who cited the lawsuits over ChatGPT and a reported strike on a school in Iran.

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Only one of the 30 newsletters, Transformer, covered this story, which was first reported by The Guardian on 2026-10-08. It follows two earlier archive stories on Altman's comments about AI harms, dated 2026-10-05 and 2026-10-08.

Earlier on this story

Oct 8Sam Altman says AI harms are acceptable cost of progress
Oct 5Altman says AI harms are acceptable cost of broad access

Written by Newskeryx from which newsletters covered this story and from our own archive.

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Altman's comments on Anthropic's religious scholar work, his stance on accepting AI harms

Reported by The Guardian