ChatGPT maker says live with AI harms for its benefits

Sam Altman, head of OpenAI, says the world should accept more hacking, scams, misuse and other harms from artificial intelligence because the benefits outweigh them. On Politico's Decoded podcast, he favored loose rules while society learns to adjust. That helps explain why Washington lets firms grade their own homework, and why critics who want safety tests before release remain unconvinced.