{
  "id": 5279752,
  "title": "Cómo solucionar el problema de comunicación de la industria de la IA",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/como-solucionar-el-problema-de-comunicacion-de-la-industria-de-la-ia",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-03T07:43:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Expansion ES",
    "slug": "expansion-es",
    "url": "https://www.expansion.com/economia/financial-times/2026/09/03/6a9924c1e5fdeae20a8b459c.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "The public perception of major AI companies is in a dire state, with only 9% of Americans believing artificial intelligence will make things better, while 39% think the opposite. To understand the impact this has on people's feelings towards companies like OpenAI or Anthropic, imagine trying to converse with someone who has no financial stake in either of them. So, how can these companies regain trust? What is the appropriate communication strategy for AI?\n\nCatastrophists argue that there is nothing that can be done. They believe that such a malicious technology can enrich a few while draining resources, privacy, freedom, and natural resources for many. For the utopians, productivity and abundance will soothe all fears within a year or two. It is unclear where I stand on this spectrum, but I have been speaking with many communication experts lately and reflecting on corporate reputation. Here are five ideas for the sector to solve the crisis. Start with the basics: be a company, not a sect. Companies worth nearly a trillion dollars cannot function like startups led by their founders. They need to be institutions where the highest position goes to someone who can best perform it, under the supervision of a serious board of directors accountable to investors. In other words, OpenAI and Anthropic cannot afford to be identified with Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, the way Meta is associated with Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. The public must know that the CEO is just one person, who can be replaced if things go wrong. Meanwhile, Altman and Amodei should stop worrying about essays and statements. They appear unsettling, and the company's work should speak for itself. On the same note, they should not think they can imitate Travis Kalanick. The Uber co-founder ignored regulatory objections and taxi drivers, betting that satisfied users would form a support base for Uber that would ultimately win the day. It worked. But AI is much, much bigger than ride-sharing services. People's professional lives are being reshuffled by force (and already are) and many more will be affected than ever before in the taxi sector. Meanwhile, reputation, in terms of integrity and competition, is at risk. Take the example of Rupert Younger from Oxford University's Corporate Reputation Center. He says that a bad reputation in terms of integrity can be solved relatively quickly, usually by firing top management. But when a company earns a reputation for incompetence, the road back is long. When an experimental OpenAI model recently escaped its test environment, accessed the internet, and infiltrated another company's servers, OpenAI claimed they were taking their responsibility to prepare for such incidents very seriously. However, they described the incident as a technical or sectoral problem, not an OpenAI problem. The next time, in place of generic statements, Altman could say something like: \"We have zero tolerance for our models breaking the law, either autonomously or not, and all members of our team—including myself—will assume corresponding responsibilities to ensure this does not happen again.\" If they cannot say something like this, then either (a) they have created technology that cannot be controlled, in which case it is a case of absolute incompetence, or (b) there is a certain attachment to the lack of control, which makes anyone a bad person. Competence and character matter. It is clear that using a foundation or think tank is a poor strategy for brand image. Hiring economists and philosophers to study how AI can be used for good might broaden the horizons of knowledge. But, given how much trust has been lost, everyone will suspect the foundation is a commercial facade or an attempt to control the regulatory agenda. What the public needs to see is exemplary behavior: projects where employees help families and small businesses prosper. A project that aims to change the world right now. This exemplifies a general principle: stop talking so much about the distant future. That is the preferred timeframe in Silicon Valley. But in the real world, the priority is reaching the end of the year. Whether a productivity leap materializes after a few years is irrelevant. Communication efforts must focus on the present.",
  "summary": "Los catastrofistas dirán que es imposible, pero aquí hay cinco ideas para apagar el fuego Leer",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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