Sam Altman reportedly outlined three possible endgames for superintelligence, including one where a single company becomes powerful enough to shut every rival out
According to The Information, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told staff there are three possible endgames for superintelligence: an international watchdog modeled on the atomic energy agency, a CERN-style body combining the major labs' work, or a single developer achieving self-improving AI and using overwhelming economic power to "melt everyone else's GPUs". Altman called the third scenario "terrible", while insisting OpenAI cannot afford to lose ground to competitors. The remarks matter because they show OpenAI's leadership framing superintelligence as a global-governance question, not just a technology race.
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