Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, recently issued a stern warning during a developer exchange, stating that the powerful capabilities and high convenience of AI agents are luring humans to grant them excessive control without adequate safety infrastructure. Altman even used himself as an example, admitting he had once resolved to limit permissions but, within just two hours, violated his original intention due to the "agent seeming reliable" and granted the model full access to his computer. He is concerned that this blind trust of "life is short, enjoy it now" could lead society to fall into potential catastrophic crises in a "dreamlike" manner.

Regarding the security vacuum, Altman pointed out that the lack of global security infrastructure is currently the fatal weakness. As model capabilities grow exponentially, security vulnerabilities or compatibility issues may remain undetected for months. He believes that this asymmetry between trust and risk actually presents a significant opportunity for entrepreneurs - establishing a "global security infrastructure" has become an urgent priority. Previously, some OpenAI developers have expressed similar concerns, believing that if companies allow AI to take full control of code repositories in pursuit of efficiency, they might lose control over core assets and trigger serious security breaches.

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In terms of product strategy, Altman revealed the direction of GPT-5 development: trading "style" for "logic". He admitted that compared to GPT-4.5, GPT-5 even showed a "regression" in literary writing and editing. This is mainly because the development focus has fully shifted towards reasoning ability, logical construction, and code implementation. Although this is the case, he still insists that the future belongs to powerful general models, aiming to ensure that even models focused on coding can eventually possess elegant writing skills, achieving a balance between logic and emotion.

At the same time, OpenAI is undergoing a transformation in its management philosophy, planning to slow down employee growth for the first time. Altman said that the company hopes to complete more work with a smaller workforce, avoiding the awkwardness of layoffs after discovering that AI can handle most tasks. Although there are criticisms from the outside world suggesting that this is Altman using AI narratives to offset rising labor costs, it does reflect that leading AI companies are trying to explore a "high-efficiency" organizational model in the AI era through their own practices.

This signal of "model enhancement and personnel slowdown" reflects that the AI industry is shifting from reckless growth to careful cultivation. Altman's warning is not only a reminder to users but also a way to cool down the industry's aggressive status quo. He emphasized that while logical and reasoning abilities are rapidly advancing, humans must remain vigilant and not ignore the one-in-a-million possibility of destruction because of AI's low failure rate. This struggle between "rapid evolution" and "cautious control" will become the main theme for OpenAI and the entire AI industry in 2026.