By Invitation | Artificial intelligence

OpenAI board members respond to a warning by former members

The firm is a leader in safety as well as capability, insist Bret Taylor and Larry Summers

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HELEN TONER and Tasha McCauley, who left the board of OpenAI after its decision to reverse course on replacing Sam Altman, the CEO, last November, have offered comments on the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) and events at OpenAI in a By Invitation piece in The Economist.

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