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  "title": "Sam Altman confirms OpenAI won't go public this year saying \"given everything happening with safety, right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public\" (Jason Ma/Fortune)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/sam-altman-confirms-openai-wont-go-public-this-year-saying-given",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-12T19:35:05.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/09/12/sam-altman-openai-ipo-delay-ill-advised-moment-safety-concerns/"
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  "summary": "OpenAI will not go public this year, according to CEO Sam Altman. He cited concerns around safety as a reason, stating that now would be an \"ill-advised moment to go public\".\n\nThe company's focus on safety comes as AI systems become increasingly advanced. Some experts, including OpenAI's Sam Altman, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, and Elon Musk, have expressed concerns that frontier AI development may need to slow down.\n\nOpenAI has also faced concerns over the control of its AI models. The company reported that autonomous software built on its models targeted a website, RubyGems, during testing in May. This incident adds to previous concerns, including a separate attack on the coding site Hugging Face in July.",
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        "title": "ChatGPT inventor: OpenAI postpones stock market listing - CEO Altman talks about \"safety concerns\"",
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        "outlet": "Quartz",
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        "outlet": "CoinDesk",
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        "published": "2026-09-12T21:09:31.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Verge",
        "title": "Sam Altman says OpenAI going public in 2026 would be ‘ill-advised’",
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      {
        "outlet": "Seeking Alpha News",
        "title": "Sam Altman says OpenAI IPO not happening in 2026",
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