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Altman says he supports AI regulation

Semafor · · International · AI Governance

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has stated that he supports regulation of artificial intelligence. The comment was reported by Semafor, though no specific regulatory framework or policy details were attached to the statement.

Why this matters: Tech CEOs saying they support AI regulation is not the same as supporting any particular rule that would actually constrain them. Altman has said versions of this before. The gap between 'we welcome oversight' and agreeing to specific, enforceable limits on what OpenAI can build and deploy is enormous. Watch what he backs in practice, not what he says in a headline. Support for regulation that you help write is not the same thing as accountability.

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