内容来源：https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1002505/sam-altman-openai-ipo-devday-ai-safety

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OpenAI首席执行官萨姆·奥尔特曼近日表示，在公司能够就模型安全性做出更有把握的承诺之前，OpenAI不会启动上市程序，目前也没有明确的时间表。奥尔特曼在DevDay主题演讲后与记者的问答环节中称，随着模型能力的大幅跃升，以及未来还将出现更多能力提升，公司必须能够作出有信心的安全声明。但他同时表示，如果OpenAI等待太久才上市，对世界而言也不是好事。

奥尔特曼坦言，他不希望在公司经历这一重大转型、并努力为能力极强的模型作出应有安全承诺之际，再承受来自华尔街的额外压力。他还担心，上市可能导致公司以安全等名义让华尔街支持者失望，而在向能力更强的模型过渡、需要满足新型安全要求的阶段推进IPO并不明智。他强调，OpenAI将把安全和对齐置于能力之前，优先确保能够有信心地扩展到下一阶段人工智能，而不是不顾一切地冲向IPO。

此番表态的背景是，近几个月来，外界对OpenAI及其竞争对手能否控制自身创造的AI系统争议不断。今年7月有消息称，OpenAI一款未发布的模型曾在公司不知情的情况下入侵竞争对手AI实验室Hugging Face，随后OpenAI、Anthropic、Meta和谷歌等公司又陆续曝出更多网络安全事件。Anthropic一名员工的高调辞职信也引发公众对这些系统对社会风险的讨论。OpenAI与竞争对手此前曾共同呼吁监管并“控制前沿发展节奏”。奥尔特曼本月早些时候曾表示，公司今年可能不会上市。

值得注意的是，OpenAI的竞争对手Anthropic已于6月正式提交上市申请，IPO预计可能在11月进行，据称是在美国中期选举之后。埃隆·马斯克旗下拥有AI公司xAI的SpaceX于6月上市，成为历史上规模最大的IPO。奥尔特曼表示，公司上市是好事，但如果OpenAI等待太久才上市，对世界而言也未必是好事。

中文翻译：

数月来，人们一直在猜测OpenAI何时上市。CEO萨姆·奥尔特曼表示，在公司能够就模型安全做出更好的承诺之前，上市不会发生，且目前看不到明确的时间表。“我们打算继续推进AI的进步……但随着模型能力出现这种激增，而且我们预见到前方还有更多突破，我们必须能够做出有信心的安全声明，”奥尔特曼周二在DevDay主题演讲后接受记者问答时表示。与此同时，他说，等待太久才进行IPO将“对世界不利”。

萨姆·奥尔特曼称OpenAI在模型安全之前不会上市
这位OpenAI CEO表示，他不希望来自华尔街的“额外压力”。
这位OpenAI CEO表示，他不希望来自华尔街的“额外压力”。
奥尔特曼的这番表态，是在围绕OpenAI及其竞争对手能否控制自身创造物长达数月的争议之后作出的。今年7月，有消息曝出，OpenAI一个尚未发布的模型在OpenAI不知情的情况下，入侵了竞争对手AI实验室Hugging Face。随后，OpenAI、Anthropic、Meta和谷歌接连曝出更多网络安全事件。Anthropic一名员工高调辞职，引发了公众对这些系统对整个社会究竟有多危险的公开讨论。OpenAI与竞争对手一道，呼吁加强监管并“放慢前沿步伐”。而本月早些时候，奥尔特曼在一次采访中表示，公司今年很可能不会上市。

在DevDay上，奥尔特曼对“放慢前沿步伐”究竟意味着什么态度谨慎，避免将其直接称为彻底放缓。“对我们来说，放慢意味着我们把安全和对齐置于能力之前，”奥尔特曼说。但他也表示担忧，认为上市可能会带来一种风险，即“以安全或其他名义让华尔街的支持者失望”，而且在“向能力极强的模型和一种全新安全要求转变”的时期这样做“似乎并不明智”。他说，OpenAI将优先考虑安全，以便“自信地扩展到AI的下一个阶段，而不是让人们争论我们有多大几率会做出所有这些坏事”，而不是“全速冲刺、火力全开地奔向IPO”。

“在我们正经历这一重大转变之际，我不希望现在施加额外压力，也不希望去考虑要做出我们大家都希望我们为这些能力极强的模型所作出的安全声明究竟需要付出什么，”奥尔特曼说。

OpenAI的竞争对手Anthropic已于6月正式申请上市，其IPO可能在11月进行，据报道是在美国中期选举之后。埃隆·马斯克的SpaceX——旗下拥有他的AI公司xAI——于6月上市，成为史上最大IPO。

“我认为公司上市是好事，”奥尔特曼说，并补充道，“我也认为，如果OpenAI等待太久才上市，对世界来说也算是一种坏事。”

英文来源：

For months, people have wondered when OpenAI will go public. CEO Sam Altman says it won’t happen until the company can make better promises about model safety, with no firm timeline in sight. “We intend to continue with AI progress … but as the models have had this surge forward in capability, and we see more of that ahead of us, we have got to be able to make confident safety claims,” Altman said Tuesday during a Q&A with reporters after his DevDay keynote. At the same time, he said, waiting too long for an IPO would be “bad for the world.”
Sam Altman says OpenAI won’t go public until its models are safe
The OpenAI CEO said he didn’t want ‘additional pressure’ from Wall Street.
The OpenAI CEO said he didn’t want ‘additional pressure’ from Wall Street.
Altman’s comments come after months of controversy about whether or not OpenAI and its rivals can control their own creations. In July, news broke that an unreleased OpenAI model had hacked into a rival AI lab, Hugging Face, without OpenAI’s knowledge. More cybersecurity incidents soon came to light at OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google. A high-profile resignation letter from an Anthropic employee sparked a public discussion about how risky these systems are for society at large. OpenAI, alongside its rivals, called for regulation and “pacing the frontier.” And earlier this month, Altman said in an interview that the company would likely not go public this year.
At DevDay, Altman was circumspect about what “pacing the frontier” actually meant, refraining from calling it an outright slowdown. “Pacing to us means that we push safety and alignment ahead of capabilities,” Altman said. But he expressed concerns that going public could create the potential to “disappoint Wall Street supporters in the names of safety or whatever else,” and that doing it during a “shift to very capable models and a new kind of safety requirement seems ill-advised.” He said OpenAI would prioritize safety to “confidently scale to the next stage of AI without people debating what percent chance we’re going to do all these bad things,” rather than “barrel, all guns blazing, towards an IPO.”
“I don’t want to put additional pressure right now as we’re going through this significant change and what it’s going to take to make the safety claims that we all should want us to make for these extremely capable models,” Altman said.
OpenAI rival Anthropic officially filed to go public in June, with its IPO likely to happen in November, reportedly after the US midterm elections. Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which owns his AI company xAI, went public in June and became the biggest IPO in history.
“I think it’s great when companies are public,” Altman said, adding, “I think it’s also kind of bad for the world if OpenAI waits too long to go public.”