Incident2026-09-14

Sam Altman named two ways AI progress could go very badly. The first is humans losing control of AI. The second is AI concentrating power in one person, company or country. He said both must be avoided. Altman stated AI must always serve people. He warned safety techniques must stay ahead of model capabilities. He said a powerful AI imposing one worldview could be extremely dystopian. He described avoiding both threats as navigating a narrow middle path.

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