Sam Altman backs 'pacing the frontier', OpenAI commits to independent evaluators
Chris_Armstrong · x · 2026-09-13
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he agrees with Dario Amodei on "pacing the frontier," noting it has been a primary internal topic at OpenAI in recent weeks. He also committed to giving independent evaluators employee-like access to models, with more details promised soon. Researcher So8res commented that lab heads should directly acknowledge this is driven by the double-digit chance ASI could kill us all.
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