OpenAI co-founder tells Sky News his platform can be safer
Tuesday 11 February 2025 09:51, UK
OpenAI’s chief executive and co-founder has told Sky News that his platform can
be safer amid concerns that red tape around artificial intelligence will be
resisted as businesses say it stifles innovation.
Sam Altman, who is attending the Paris AI Summit with world leaders, was asked
if he can reassure users that one of the fastest-growing generative AI platforms
will continue to put safety at the forefront of what the company does.
It comes as US vice president JD Vance is delivering a candid message on
Europe’s regulation of artificial intelligence and moderation of content on Big
Tech.
Questioned by Sky’s science and technology editor Tom Clarke
[https://news.sky.com/author/tom-clarke-823] on Monday morning, Mr Altman said:
“Safety is integral to what we do…. We’ve got to make these systems really
safe for people, or people just won’t use them. It’s the same thing and we’ll
work super hard on that.”
Acknowledging that safety is not high on the summit’s agenda, he added: “That’s
not actually the main thing that we’ve been hearing about – the main concern has
been ‘can we make this cheaper. can you have more of it, can we get it better
and more advanced’.”
But asked if OpenAI can look at all of those elements as well as safety, he
added: “Yes, we can also do that.”
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$97.4bn (£78.7bn) bid to buy OpenAI just months after the X owner sued the
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“It’s time for OpenAI to return to the open-source, safety-focused force for
good it once was,” Mr Musk said in a statement on Monday. “We will make sure
that happens.”
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