Sam Altman says OpenAI will not go public until model safety standards are met
Sam Altman says OpenAI won’t go public until its models are safe
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In a press Q&A after his DevDay keynote, Sam Altman said OpenAI would not go public until it could make reliable commitments about model safety, and gave no timeline. He said waiting too long would be bad for the world, but worried an IPO could disappoint Wall Street investors if the company made safety-related decisions. He said an IPO would be unwise while model capabilities and safety requirements are changing rapidly. He also said Anthropic formally filed to go public in June and could IPO in November.
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