Sam Altman says some AI harms are acceptable because benefits outweigh costs
In a Politico Decoded interview, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the world should tolerate some ‘‘bad things’’ such as hacks and scams because AI will enable far greater benefits, while still calling for pragmatic regulation. He contrasted OpenAI’s stance with Anthropic’s more cautious approach, acknowledged extreme risks including potential loss of control, and said the company has ‘‘more things to disclose’’ about incidents (though not at the level of the Hugging Face breach); the remarks follow internal safety concerns and a recent resignation by researcher David Robinson.