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Comment by Sam Altman

CEO at OpenAI
I agree with Dario that we need to pace the frontier. This has been a primary topic of discussions we've had at OpenAI in recent weeks. Committing to having independent evaluators with employee-like access is a great idea, and we will do the same. We'll have more to share soon.
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Post on X (@sama), 12 September 2026, endorsing Dario Amodei's "We Must Pace the Frontier"
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