# Sam Altman says AI’s benefits justify accepting some ‘bad things’

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- The Verge, 2026-10-05 16:44 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1004811/openai-altman-bad-things-ai-tradeoff

> OpenAI CEO Sam Altman argues that society should tolerate harms such as hacks and scams because AI will enable vastly more beneficial activity. He supports stronger but lighter-touch regulation, while acknowledging the risk that humans could lose control of AI systems and warning that excessive restrictions could also create danger.

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