OpenAI CEO urges trust in AI firms as EU seeks talks on risks
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Neutral summary
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman said the world is “right to be afraid” of artificial intelligence but should trust the companies working on it, and backed calls to slow down AI development. In her State of the European Union address, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she would invite leading frontier AI labs to talks on tackling risks such as autonomous hacking and self-improving models. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump dismissed warnings about AI dangers as a “sick conspiracy” and said America must not cede technological advantage to China.
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TechRadar (outlet profile)
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says ‘the world is right to be afraid’ of AI influence — but that it can benefit humanity like no other technology before it. Sam Altman opens up on Hugging Face “accident”, the future of AI and hu…
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Sydney Morning Herald (outlet profile)
‘The world should trust us’: Silicon Valley billionaire’s plea as fight escalates. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman backed an AI slowdown on Saturday. Now, he says the public should be able to put their faith in AI fir…
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The Independent (outlet profile)
AI rivals found rare agreement on safety. Putting it into practice is harder. Leading voices in AI, including Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, agree that AI development needs to slow down
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Tanjug (outlet profile)
Altman: Svet ima pravo da se plaši, ali treba da veruje kompanijama koje se bave AI
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Telegraf (outlet profile)
Strah od veštačke inteligencije raste, Altman tvrdi: Svet ima pravo da se plaši, ali treba da veruje. Direktor američke kompanije OpenAI, Sem Altman, izjavio je danas da svet ima "pravo da se plaši", ali da "treba da ve…
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Blic (outlet profile)
UPRAVO NA BLIC TV! U "Jutru na Blic" istražujemo - šta se dešava sa cenom nafte i gasa pred početak zimske sezone i da li je Tramp u pravu da su teorije o AI "bolesna zavera". Svet sve glasnije traži pravila i kočnice z…
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Politika (outlet profile)
Алтман: Свет је у праву што се плаши вештачке интелигенције. После упозорења да би АИ могла да уништи човечанство, огласио се шеф компаније „ОпенАИ”
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BBC News (outlet profile)
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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Asharq Al-Awsat (outlet profile)
AI Rivals Found Rare Agreement on Safety. Putting It into Practice Is Harder
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Politico Europe (outlet profile)
Von der Leyen to invite AI leaders to ‘support’ efforts to ‘pace the frontier’. Fears are escalating over AI following warnings from tech titans.
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Euronews (outlet profile)
EU's von der Leyen calls for pacing frontier AI models. In her State of the Union address, von der Leyen called for pacing the development of frontier AI models due to their disruptive potential, pledging closer safety…
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Channel NewsAsia (outlet profile)
EU's von der Leyen to invite frontier labs for talks on tackling AI risks
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Channel NewsAsia (outlet profile)
EU's von der Leyen backs AI slowdown, to invite frontier labs for talks
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The Verge (outlet profile)
A brief history of AI executives calling for regulation. Over the past few days, a lot of people who stand to make a lot of money from AI all publicly agreed that it's time to make everyone slow down before we lose cont…
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Financial Times (outlet profile)
AI bosses’ safety push sparks rift inside OpenAI and Anthropic. Staff at the Silicon Valley companies are grappling with how to turn AI slowdown rhetoric into reality
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The Globe and Mail (outlet profile)
EU's Von der Leyen plans AI safety discussions with tech labs. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday (Sept. 16) that she will invite the main frontier AI labs to discuss efforts to tackle…
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TechRadar (outlet profile)
AI companies are 'begging the government to regulate them' says JD Vance, but nobody seems willing to actually slow the AI race. AI’s biggest CEOs say frontier development needs to slow, but their companies have yet to…
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Politico Europe (outlet profile)
Von der Leyen’s call for talks on pausing AI can’t quell extinction risk fears. The EU chief used her annual State of the European Union address to confront rising panic about AI. What she said showed the limits on her…
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The Independent (outlet profile)
ChatGPT boss Sam Altman says ‘the world is right to be afraid’ of AI – but asks people to ‘trust us’. ‘We are going to do the right thing because it's the right thing and we feel the magnitude of this,’ says OpenAI chie…
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Blic (outlet profile)
Tramp neće da uspori veštačku inteligenciju, Evropa povlači kočnicu: Stručnjaci otkrivaju čega zapravo treba da se plašimo (VIDEO). Dok ljudi koji stoje iza nekih od najmoćnijih sistema veštačke inteligencije upozoravaj…
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The Independent (outlet profile)
ChatGPT CEO Sam Altman gives chilling warning after fears grow over out-of-control AI
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Politika (outlet profile)
Лескир: Позиви на успоравање развоја ВИ служе америчким технолошким лидерима. Терају све оне који су у развоју иза њих да успоре, како би они остали на првом месту, сматра Лескир
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The Decoder (outlet profile)
EU president warns AI agents "escaping their environment" are just a preview of what's coming. Ursula von der Leyen plans to invite the major frontier labs to talks and use the AI Act to help set global AI safety standa…
Factual core
- In the past few days, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman publicly called for AI regulation.
- Ursula von der Leyen plans to invite major frontier AI labs to talks.
- The safety push by AI bosses has sparked internal disagreements at both companies.
- Sam Altman said the world should trust companies working on artificial intelligence.
- Fears are growing over the threats AI poses to humanity.