The Artificial Intelligence Show · Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Sam Altman and Elon Musk React to AI Safety Concerns

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman publicly agreed with the idea of pacing the AI frontier and stated OpenAI would commit to independent evaluators. Elon Musk also endorsed Dario Amodei's essay on pacing AI development, though he did not specify commitments.

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“Now, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman publicly agreed that the frontier needs pacing and said OpenAI would also commit to independent evaluators with employee-like access. He said more details would follow.”

“XAI founder Elon Musk also endorsed the essay, posting, Dario is right.”

Heard on The Artificial Intelligence Show — “#239: Labs Agree to Pace AI, OpenAI’s Math Breakthrough, AI Jobs Apocalypse Postponed & Jensen Declares AGI”, published Tuesday, September 15, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.

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