# Altman Says AI’s Benefits Justify Accepting Some Risks

By Simon Yoon

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Published: 2026-10-05T03:47:07.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-05T03:47:07.000Z
Section: Technology

> The OpenAI CEO argued that the technology should remain broadly available and described a fundamental divide with Anthropic over regulation.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said AI’s benefits justify accepting some risks while keeping the technology broadly available, outlining a fundamental divide with Anthropic over how the technology should be regulated.

Altman characterized the opposing view as giving a San Francisco lab control of AI to prevent harm, then finding a way to distribute its benefits. He called that trade-off unacceptable.

Altman argued that people would use AI for good by an order of magnitude more than for harm.