Sam Altman Calls for Democratic Institutions Not San Francisco Labs to Govern AI

What was said

"Safety standards must be established before there is broad distribution that governance uh requires democratic process, not decision-making by a small number of San Francisco based companies. Sam proposed a framework of a USled international forum that would establish standards, provide expertise and partial analysis of capabilities and risks that this forum would make the most advanced technologies available to nations and companies that participate and follow the rules."

In a Financial Times op-ed following G7 meetings, Sam Altman proposed transferring AI governance authority from private labs to democratic institutions through a US-led international forum. He predicted AI systems with astonishing power reshaping material human conditions within two years. The framework would require all AI labs to submit to safety standards and make advanced tech available only to compliant nations.