OpenAI Leaders Weigh Global Power Play, Sparking Staff Alarm
TL;DR
A New Yorker investigation portrays OpenAI leaders, including Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, proposing a geopolitical plan to pit major powers against each other to profit from AI; staff deemed the idea insane and it was dropped after internal dissent. The piece also details Altman’s alleged attempts to influence U.S. officials by citing China’s supposed AGI efforts to secure billions in government funding, painting himself as a pivotal figure in the AI race.
- OpenAI Staffers Horrified When Senior Leadership Hatched "Insane" Plan to Pit World Governments Against Each Other Futurism
- Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted? The New Yorker
- 'Lying' OpenAI CEO Sam Altman not fit to have 'his finger on the button,' report claims Yahoo
- AI products are reaching further into our lives. Does it matter who controls the companies behind them? | Van Badham The Guardian
- Altman Is His Own Risk Factor in OpenAI’s Mega-IPO Bloomberg.com
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