Sam Altman rejects AI gatekeeping, distances himself from Anthropic on regulation
mark_k · x · 2026-10-05
- In a new Politico interview, Sam Altman rejected the idea that a single San Francisco lab should control powerful AI and decide how to distribute its benefits, calling it "a completely unacceptable trade-off."
- He argues broad access and individual agency are worth some risk of misuse, since the good people do with AI will vastly outweigh the bad.
- After backing calls to slow frontier development last month, he now explicitly emphasizes his disagreement with Anthropic over how restrictive AI regulation should be.
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