OpenAI boss says world 'right to be afraid' but should trust AI firms

The fervour over the claims has led to more scrutiny of AI development in recent days, and in response, Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei called for the pace of all AI development to slow and urged governments to regulate the industry.The post was applauded by Altman, as well as co-founder of Google's DeepMind Demis Hassabis, and Elon Musk, owner of social media site X and AI assistant Grok.By Tuesday, more AI leaders were voicing support for self-regulation rather than government involvement.Altman said that he felt AI companies like his own were capable of essentially regulating themselves."We will get it right, I'm very confident in our company's and industry's ability to do this safely," Altman said, adding that he was sure that they would "keep alignment and safety way ahead of capabilities" and if they couldn't, they would "slow down or stop". Despite the assurances, political figures have cautioned against self-regulation.Bernie Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont who votes with the Democrats, said decisions over AI's development have been made by "a handful of the richest people in the world", naming Elon Musk, Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, among others.Speaking at a conference hosted in Washington, he said: "The people of this country must make the decisions about AI, and not just a handful of oligarchs."