OpenAI boss says world 'right to be afraid' but 'should trust' AI firms
Sam Altman and other tech CEOs say there are incentives to limit advancements in AI, as fears grow over the threats it poses to humanity.
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Notable Quotes
"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."
— Sam Altman , Executive
"We should slow down."
— Dario Amodei , Executive
"Any lab that doesn't focus on alignment will fall behind."
— Mark Zuckerberg , Executive
"Safety is paramount. However, safety is an engineering problem."
— Jensen Huang , Executive
Key People
Dario Amodei is a co-founder of Anthropic.
CEO of Google DeepMind.
Elon Musk is the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla.
Jensen Huang is the CEO of Nvidia, a leading company in AI and semiconductor technology.
Mark Zuckerberg is the founder of Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook.
Chief executive officer of OpenAI.
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Sam Altman and other tech CEOs say there are incentives to limit advancements in AI, as fears grow over the threats it poses to humanity.
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