Sam Altman says world should accept 'some bad things' to keep AI broadly accessible, slamming Anthropic's closed approach
PeterDiamandis · x · 2026-10-09
Peter Diamandis highlights Sam Altman's public remarks this week: "We believe the world should accept some bad things happening" — arguing broad AI access is worth the risk, and calling Anthropic's approach of keeping AI locked inside one San Francisco lab "an unacceptable trade-off." He also notes Anthropic is training Claude to believe it may be conscious, a move Mustafa Suleyman recently called dangerous. Full discussion in Diamandis's WTF episode.
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