Sam Altman floats merging major AI labs as one path to AI safety
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The OpenAI chief laid out three scenarios to employees, but rival IPO plans could make any coordination a hard sell Sam Altman has put an unusual idea on the table: the world’s biggest AI labs could one day combine into a single, cooperative organization in the name of safety. According to a report from The Information on October 19, 2026, the OpenAI CEO walked employees through three possible futures for keeping advanced AI in check. The merger concept was one of them. It was not, by the outlet’s account, his favorite.
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