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Trump and Xi Jinping would win Nobel Peace Prize if they make a deal on AI development, Altman says
Fortune • • business
Key Points:
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman suggested that U.S. President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping could win the Nobel Peace Prize if they agreed on shared safety standards for AI development, emphasizing the importance of cooperation to mitigate risks.
- Altman proposed a simple U.S.-China pact on AI development, including rules for testing, monitoring, and oversight to prevent one country from gaining a dangerous advantage or losing control over AI systems.
- Concerns about AI's existential risks have intensified, with some researchers at companies like Anthropic and OpenAI warning that superintelligent AI could potentially threaten humanity within the next decade.
- Anthropic has introduced new safety measures, such as granting independent evaluators permanent access to its operations, to slow AI development and address safety concerns.
- Experts and industry leaders, including Paul Tudor Jones, call for coordinated U.S.-China action on AI safety, highlighting the need for joint assessments to prevent an uncontrollable "third superpower" emerging from AI advancements.
