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OpenAI's Altman sidesteps questions about governance, Johansson at UN AI summit
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was a star speaker at the annual AI for Good conference Thursday, addressing the U.N. telecommunications agency’s annual gathering about how to tap the societal promise of artificial intelligence technology.
Soon after the Johansson controversy, departing researcher Jan Leike said the company was letting safety “take a backseat to shiny products” and cited disagreements with top leaders that reached a “breaking point.” Thompson asked about comments from Helen Toner, a Georgetown University researcher, who was among a group of OpenAI board members ousted last year following a chaotic power struggle with Altman. “Artificial intelligence is changing our world and our lives,” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said by video, noting its promise for things like education and health care in remote areas, increasing crop yields, and early warning systems for natural disasters.
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