Altman: AI Benefits Outweigh Risks, Rejects Tight Controls

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the world should accept some bad outcomes to gain AI's benefits and keep the technology broadly accessible. He rejected rival Anthropic's tighter-control approach as an unacceptable trade-off, citing a fundamental worldview divide. His remarks come as the industry debates development pace, while President Trump dismisses new restrictions to preserve US competition with China.