OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told Politico's Decoded podcast that society should accept some harms, including hacks and scams, in exchange for AI's benefits, contrasting OpenAI's lighter-touch regulatory stance with Anthropic's stricter safety approach. His remarks drew criticism from Florida governor Ron DeSantis and AI sceptic Gary Marcus, and followed the resignation of an OpenAI safety expert who said the company's culture is broken.
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