Sam Altman: Frontier AI will eventually pose significant global harm risks
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discusses the future risk profile of frontier AI models and the need for international safety oversight.
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“I think there will come a time in the not super distant future, like, you know, we're not talking like decades and decades from now, where AI says the frontier AI systems are capable of causing significant Global harm.”
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