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Sam Altman says AI could end up controlled by a few powerful players, partly because AI fears could push people to trade "a lot of liberty for safety"

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he worries that AI will one day be controlled by a handful of companies, models, or people …

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Sam Altman says AI could end up controlled by a few powerful players, partly because AI fears could push people to trade "a lot of liberty for safety"

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