OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told Fortune that he considers it unacceptable for artificial intelligence to carry an approximately 10% risk of threatening all of humanity. Saying that it was not the right time for the company to go public due to its safety work, Altman stated that the IPO would not take place in 2026 and that they did not feel pressured about it.
Altman also voiced support for Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s call to slow the pace at which artificial intelligence models are developed.
Why it matters
The statements show that the safety threshold, as much as speed, is shaping company managements’ decisions in artificial intelligence development. This approach means that expectations regarding OpenAI’s financial structure need to be assessed alongside the progress of its safety work. The development is important not only for the company’s investors but also for the public monitoring the social impact of artificial intelligence models, because the uncertainty over the IPO timeline shows that safety priorities have been placed ahead of short-term financial goals. However, the central question that remains is how the risk of threatening all of humanity will be measured and according to which safety criteria the pace of model development will be limited. These issues are also broadening the scope of the debate between OpenAI and Anthropic.
Background
OpenAI is not a new name in the FikirPilot archive: we have published 47 news articles mentioning the name in the last 90 days; the most recent is dated September 20, 2026.