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- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded to the open letter calling for a pause on AI for one of the first times Thursday.
- Speaking at MIT, Altman said safety is important to OpenAI, and the letter "lacked technical nuance."
- The letter called for a six-month pause on AI development, and was signed by tech leaders like Elon Musk.
In one of his only public responses to the open letter signed by Elon Musk and hundreds of others in the tech industry about concerns over AI, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said it "lacked technical nuance about where we need the pause."