OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's Congressional Testimony: AI Safety, Jobs, and the Path to AGI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's Congressional testimony addressed three major questions: How will AI affect employment (honest answer: significant disruption is coming, with new job creation lagging replacement by 3-5 years), who should regulate AI (international coordination needed, but US should lead), and when might AGI arrive (Altman's position: possibly within a decade, though safely building toward it matters more than the exact timeline). His support for a dedicated AI safety agency and mandatory incident reporting represents a shift from earlier resistance to regulation.