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Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman

The Guardian: Artificial Intelligence (tier 1, news) 2026-10-05T12:13:36.000Z Original ↗

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confidence 70% · 1 item

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Existential and catastrophic risk Governance and regulation Loss of control and alignment

Excerpt as ingested

Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver Sam Altman says he believes the world should accept “bad things” happening with AI in exchange for the benefits of the technology. The chief executive of OpenAI cited hacks, scams and “other bad things that will happen” in an interview that sparked an instant backlash from critics of the major AI companies. His comments came after one of his company’s safety experts resigned , saying at the weekend that its “culture is broken”. Continue reading...

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Model	Provider	Stage	Score	Conf.	Latency	Prompt	When
Llama 3.3 70B	Meta	analysis	-50	70%	3382ms	v1.0.0 / m1.0.1	2026-10-05 12:17

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Accepting 'bad things' implies risks

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Evidence extracted

Sam Altman says the world should accept 'bad things' with AI
Sam Altman believes benefits of AI outweigh the risks

The chain

SOURCE     The Guardian: Artificial Intelligence (tier 1)
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DOCUMENT   1d3edd89-aaea-4e32-8fb5-17138c9484ab
           https://theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/05/sam-altman-open-ai-chatgpt-benefits-risks
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EVIDENCE   2 extracted excerpts
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MODEL RUN  1 run, methodology 1.0.1
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SCORE      -50  (Adverse)
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CONFIDENCE 70%