Sam Altman says OpenAI won't slow science paper blitz — even though academics are calling it a 'giant…

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  • OpenAI will keep pushing AI’s scientific discoveries, Sam Altman says
  • Some researchers are excited by the ‘fantastic’ breakthroughs
  • But others warn that the pace of change is ‘psychologically taxing’

One of the promises that huge AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic have made is that their machine learning models will help to solve some of the oldest problems in math and science. The pace of their discoveries has left many experts struggling to keep up, but OpenAI’s Sam Altman just has just said there’s much more in store — and not everyone is happy about that.

Speaking on the Cheeky Pint podcast, Altman outlined his belief that “Humanity deserves fundamental knowledge, and we should not be sitting on a major fundamental science discovery.”

That rationale is why OpenAI has published breakthrough after breakthrough in these fields, knocking down some of the oldest and toughest problems that have troubled great...

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Sources: OpenAI now seeks ~$20B at a $1.25T valuation for its latest round, from $30B at a $1.4T valuation, as some investors cut commitments amid an AI selloff

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