CEO Sam Altman said he did not think OpenAI would go public this year as widely expected, and separately called for increased safety evaluations. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he didn’t think the company’s highly anticipated IPO would happen this year, in an interview released Saturday.

Amodei's essay landed after an Anthropic researcher set off a firestorm on social media this week by announcing he quit his job at the company.

AI-companies risk losing control of AI systems and shouldn’t wait for governments to regulate the technology, OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman has said.