Altman tells UN Security Council AI decisions can't be made by SF labs alone
victor_explore · x · 2026-09-24
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told the UN Security Council that his industry must not substitute for the democratic process, and that the most important decisions about AI cannot be made by labs in San Francisco alone.
Commentator @victorexplore's take: a lab asking for rules wants the bar set where it already clears it — which still beats no bar. And if you ship on these models, whoever writes those standards effectively writes your future compliance work.
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