Overview
- Sam Altman said governments should invest in and control their own AI infrastructure rather than backing private firms.
- He stated OpenAI does not want government guarantees for its data centers and opposed taxpayer-funded rescues of failing companies.
- Altman floated the idea of a strategic national reserve of compute capacity as part of public preparedness.
- CFO Sarah Friar had suggested U.S. loan guarantees could help fund large AI investments, then said she misspoke.
- Reporting notes OpenAI is spending heavily on proprietary data centers and that current outlays far exceed its revenues.