OpenAI CEO Sam Altman just admitted that the company’s long-awaited, potentially record-setting IPO won’t be happening this year. Instead of rumored financial woes, Altman is blaming AI safety concerns for the timeline shift.

Altman's IPO comments and Amodei's public call for more careful pacing of AI development cap a week of loud AI warnings.

CEO Sam Altman said he did not think OpenAI would go public this year as widely expected, and separately called for increased safety evaluations.