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Eric Hal Schwartz

OpenAI's CEO says he's scared of GPT-5

Sam Altman and ChatGPT logo.
  • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said testing GPT-5 left him scared in a recent interview
  • He compared GPT-5 to the Manhattan Project
  • He warned that the rapid advancement of AI is happening without sufficient oversight

OpenAI chief Sam Altman has painted a portrait of GPT‑5 that reads more like a thriller than a product launch. In a recent episode of the This Past Weekend with Theo Von podcast, he described the experience of testing the model in breathless tones that evoke more skepticism than whatever alarm he seemed to want listeners to hear.

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