AI industry reacts to Sam Altman's comments, AI leaders testify in New York City

The AI accelerationists are turning on OpenAI.

Their calls for faster development and lighter-touch regulation are running up against a shifting, more pro-regulation stance from the ChatGPT maker and its chief executive, ratcheting up tensions just as the public’s frustration with the technology is reaching new levels. Plus, a look at the testimony given by AI industry leaders at a New York City Council meeting yesterday.

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