OpenAI chief says AI harms are price of its benefits

Sam Altman says society should tolerate AI-driven hacks, scams, misuse and other harms to gain the technology's benefits. On Politico's Decoded podcast, the OpenAI chief backed light regulation — meaning companies largely police themselves — while the public learns to cope. That view helps explain Washington's hands-off stance, and why critics who want mandatory safety tests before launch remain unconvinced.