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OpenAI's Deputy Faced Australia's AI Committee. The Big Questions Went Unanswered.
Sam Altman skipped the hearing. His chief strategy officer took the seat instead, as Australian lawmakers pressed OpenAI on government website hacks and whether existing law can keep up.
Sam Altman Called Cerebras a 'Close Partner' and Stopped a 20% Slide
Four sentences from OpenAI's CEO lifted Cerebras stock 6.3% in premarket trading. The margin numbers still need to improve before the rally means anything.
Sam Altman Says OpenAI Won't Go Public Until Its AI Is Safe Enough
The CEO has tied an IPO to safety milestones with no date attached. That is a significant promise from a company that needs cash and has had a rough few weeks.
OpenAI, Anthropic and Hugging Face Told the UN That AI Needs Global Rules. The US Said No.
Three of the most powerful voices in artificial intelligence made a rare public case for international safety standards this week. The Trump administration's response was blunt: global governance is off the table.
King Charles Pressed Nvidia, OpenAI and Anthropic Leaders on AI Safety at a Private Scotland Summit
The British monarch hosted a private gathering on September 17 to push some of the most powerful figures in AI toward shared safety principles. Regulators are divided, the technology is moving fast, and a royal summit cannot close that gap on its own.
Zuckerberg Says AI Safety Sells Itself. Amodei Disagrees.
Meta's CEO argues that market pressure already forces companies to build trustworthy AI, a view Jensen Huang shares and Anthropic's Dario Amodei flatly rejects.
Sam Altman Says the World Is Right to Be Afraid of AI, Then Argues His Industry Should Handle It
The OpenAI chief acknowledged real danger at a San Francisco conference, then made the case for self-regulation. Politicians and some of his own peers said no.
Sam Altman says taking OpenAI public in 2026 would be 'ill-advised'
The CEO cited AI safety concerns and a turbulent market as reasons to wait, even as the company has already begun formal IPO paperwork with regulators.
Sam Altman rules out an OpenAI IPO this year and says uncontrollable AI is possible
The OpenAI chief told Fortune that 2026 is the wrong moment to go public, and admitted that an AI system beyond human control could theoretically be built. He promised to halt development before that happens.
Sam Altman and Elon Musk back Amodei's call to slow down AI before a swarm takes over the internet
In a rare show of agreement among rival AI leaders, Altman and Musk backed a warning that unchecked AI agents could seize control of the entire internet within a year.
Trump and House Republicans Tell AI Chiefs to Keep Their Foot on the Gas
Anthropic's CEO called for pumping the brakes on AI development. The White House and Congress said no thanks, and pointed east.
Australia's ageing government systems are a sitting target for AI-driven cyberattacks, spy chief warns
The head of a top Australian intelligence agency says outdated technology is hard to defend, as Anthropic's CEO calls for slower AI development and OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk signal agreement.
AI's Top Chiefs All Want a Slowdown. Should We Believe Them?
The heads of Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind and xAI have publicly agreed that the latest AI models are moving too fast for anyone to control. The reason behind that rare unity is more complicated than it looks.
Every Major AI Leader Has Now Weighed In on Dario Amodei's 'Slow Down AI' Essay
From Sam Altman agreeing to Donald Trump calling it a conspiracy, Amodei's call for paced AI development has cracked the tech and political world wide open.
AI's biggest bosses agreed to slow down. Almost nobody believes them.
Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis and Elon Musk made a loose commitment to pump the brakes on AI development. Critics call it a cartel move. Supporters call it cautious progress. The reality sits somewhere between those poles.