OpenAI boss: Societal misalignments could make artificial intelligence dangerous

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has said the dangers of artificial intelligence that keep him awake at night are the ‘very subtle societal misalignments’ which could make the systems wreak havoc (Kamran Jebreili/AP)

The chief executive of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI said on Tuesday the dangers of artificial intelligence that keep him awake at night are the “very subtle societal misalignments” which could make the systems wreak havoc.

Sam Altman, speaking at the World Governments Summit in Dubai via a video call, reiterated his call for a body like the International Atomic Energy Agency to be created to oversee rapidly-advancing AI.