OpenAI Delays Stock Market Plans Amid AI Safety Fears
Sam Altman is the boss of OpenAI. OpenAI makes artificial intelligence, or AI. AI is computer programs that can think and work like humans.
Altman said OpenAI will not go on the stock market in 2026. A stock market is a place where people buy and sell parts of companies. Going on the stock market can help a company get more money.
Altman said the timing is not right. He said there are problems about safety in AI now. Safety means being careful so nothing bad happens.
Many people in technology companies are worried about AI. Some people fear AI could be very dangerous. They talk about an extinction. Extinction means when something disappears forever.
Altman also worries about this danger. He decided to wait before going on the stock market. Many technology companies feel nervous about the future of AI now.
Vocabulary15 words
- artificial intelligence
- computer programs that can think like a person
- stock market
- a place to buy and sell parts of companies
- safety
- being careful so nothing bad happens
- extinction
- when something stops existing forever
- CEO
- the top boss of a company
- technology
- machines and computers that help people
- delay
- to make something happen later
- worried
- feeling afraid something bad will happen
- company
- a business that makes or sells things
- boss
- the person in charge
- money
- what people use to buy things
- problem
- something difficult or bad
- dangerous
- able to hurt people
- situation
- what is happening now
- future
- the time that is coming
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Answer key
1. Sam Altman 2. Safety problems with AI 3. Yes
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Sam Altman is the boss of _____. OpenAI makes _____, or AI.
Altman said OpenAI will not go on the _____ in 2026.
Altman said the timing is not right because of _____ problems.
Some people fear AI could cause an _____.
Many technology companies feel _____ about the future of AI now.