Good morning. New week, new opportunities.
It’s Monday, September 14. Let’s get into it.
Sam Altman just told the world, in his own words, that unchecked AI could either slip out of human control or hand one company or person outsized power over everyone else, and he says the industry needs to slow down to stop it.
Today we are covering:
Sam Altman warns unchecked AI progress could go “very badly,” risking either lost human control or a dystopian concentration of power
China‘s government rejects “fearmongering” after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls for an AI slowdown
Former EPA officials warn the AI data center boom is eroding air protections and could cost thousands of lives a year
