OpenAI CEO Sam Altman delivers warning to UN about increasingly rapid AI development

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has warned the UN Security Council about the risks posed by increasingly powerful AI. Altman cautioned the 15 council members: “As AI systems become more capable and autonomous, they could move faster than our institutions, concentrate power into too few hands, or make decisions that people no longer understand or control. “As the process of building AI becomes more automated, the pace of AI progress could accelerate rapidly,” Altman said. “This moment calls for extreme care.” Read more: https://bit.ly/4hhZpq8

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