Sam Altman on AI labs should give independent evaluat…

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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AI labs should give independent evaluators employee-like access

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AI Verified The quote directly endorses the exact proposal that independent evaluators should have employee-like access, so it is clearly on-topic and strongly signals support for the complete statement. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 20d ago

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AI Verified The quote directly supports it: Altman says independent evaluators with employee-like access are "a great idea" and that OpenAI "will do the same," which is clear support. ([tribuneindia.com](https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ai-development/sam-altman-elon-musk-endorse-dario-amodeis-suggestion-to-slow-pace-of-ai-development-or-risk-losing-control)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 20d ago

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AI Verified Full-claim match: the quote addresses AI development/capability growth and a slower pace, pause, halt, or explicit rejection/mixed position. Evidence: 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 th · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 6d ago

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AI Verified Recorded for matches the quote's stance on slowing AI development. Evidence: 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 th · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 6d ago

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AI Verified The Tribune article at the provided source URL reproduces the quote verbatim and attributes it to Sam Altman’s post on X; mirrored X snippets show the same wording. ([tribuneindia.com](https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ai-development/sam-altman-elon-musk-endorse-dario-amodeis-suggestion-to-slow-pace-of-ai-development-or-risk-losing-control)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 20d ago

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