Altman sells startup optimism days after warning of ‘sobering’ AI
08-09-2026 12:53 via thenextweb.com

Altman sells startup optimism days after warning of ‘sobering’ AI

Sam Altman gave Axios two interviews four days apart. In the first he said the next generation of AI models would be “sobering for everybody”. In the second he said this is the best time in the world to start a company. Both were with the same reporter, Mike Allen. Both happened around the G20 […]
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