BND - Sam Altman says world should accept some bad things for AI benefits

🗞️ Story file #91

Sam Altman says world should accept some bad things for AI benefits

Oct 5, 8 AM ET to Oct 6, 7 PM ET

14outlets carried it
🫏4 · 6 · 4🐘left · center · right
1.5 dayson the front pages
12front pages at once, at its peak
29 minof TV captions

👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.

Oct 5, 7 AM ETfirst on a front page: Fortune
Oct 5, 11 AM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
Oct 5, 6 PM ETpeak: on 12 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 5, 8 AM to Oct 6, 7 PM ET (peak 12), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right

Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

💬 quoted: “Some Bad Things” 6 “some bad things” 6 “We Should Accept Some Bad Things Happening For The Benefits” 5 “bad things” 6

✏️ 2 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

Fortune (3 wordings): “Can superintelligence ever be controlled? Sam Altman on AI safety, doomsday scenarios, and OpenAI’s delayed IPO” → “Sam Altman says the world should accept some ‘bad things’ happening with AI as the industry signs on to Trump’s voluntary safety pact”
The Guardian (2 wordings): “Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman” → “Stop worrying about my AI, says multibillionaire Sam Altman. So we bear the risks and he keeps the money”

Every outlet's first headline (14), left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost Altman: ‘We Should Accept Some Bad Things Happening For The Benefits’ Of AI Oct 5, 8 AM ET
The Guardian Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman Oct 5, 9 AM ET
Business Insider Sam Altman said 'the world should accept some bad things happening' for the benefits of AI Oct 4, 6 PM ET
The Independent Sam Altman says world ‘should accept some bad things happening’ with AI Oct 5, 10 AM ET
Forbes OpenAI’s Sam Altman Says World Should Accept ‘Some Bad Things’ From AI Oct 5, 9 AM ET
Fortune Can superintelligence ever be controlled? Sam Altman on AI safety, doomsday scenarios, and OpenAI’s delayed IPO Oct 5, 7 AM ET
Newsweek OpenAI CEO Says ‘Bad Things’ Part of AI Trade-Off Oct 5, 7 AM ET
Reason Sam Altman Says 'Some Bad Things' Will Happen With AI. That Doesn't Mean We Should Stop It. Oct 6, 12 PM ET
Reuters OpenAI's Altman says AI benefits warrant accepting some risks Oct 4, 10 PM ET
The Hill Sam Altman admits we should accept ‘some bad things’ for sake of AI supremacy Oct 6, 2 PM ET
Fox Business Sam Altman argues AI's massive benefits are worth accepting some risks Oct 5, 6 PM ET
Breitbart Altman: World Must Accept ‘Some Bad Things Happening’ for AI to Succeed Oct 5, 4 PM ET
Fox News OpenAI CEO says 'world should accept some bad things' for AI benefits Oct 4, 11 PM ET
Newsmax Altman: Accept AI's Downsides for Greater Good Oct 5, 12 PM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

BBC News17 min

CNN8 min

Fox News4 min

OpenAI: Australian hack response 'not good enough' BBC News, 14 min
NOW TECH GIANTS TESTIFY IN AI SAFETY HEARING Fox News, 3 min
EX-OPENAI SAFETY LEADER SOUNDS ALARM ON AI RISKS. Jacob Ward | Technology Journalist & Host, “The Rip Current” Podcast CNN, 2 min
OpenAI under scrutiny BBC News, 2 min
EX-OPENAI SAFETY LEADER SOUNDS ALARM ON AI RISKS CNN, 2 min
AI insiders warn firms are moving too quickly BBC News, 2 min
POLITICO: OPENAI CEO SAYS "THE WORLD SHOULD ACCEPT SOME BAD THINGS HAPPENING FOR THE BENEFITS" OF A.I CNN, 2 min
Companies On Safety Risks CNN, 54 s