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  "id": 6992380,
  "title": "ChatGPT inventor: OpenAI postpones stock market listing - CEO Altman talks about \"safety concerns\"",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/chatgpt-erfinder-openai-verschiebt-borsengang-chef-altman-spricht-von",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-12T20:45:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/technik/ki/chatgpt-erfinder-openai-verschiebt-boersengang-chef-altman-spricht-von-sicherheitsbedenken/100254089.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, is postponing its planned stock market listing, according to CEO Sam Altman. Altman cited the current debate on the risks of advanced artificial intelligence as the reason for the delay. He expressed concerns that going public would be challenging due to the need for collaboration with governments on AI safety and regulation. Altman mentioned that 2026 is unlikely for an IPO, and that OpenAI has \"a lot of work to do\" before going public.",
  "summary": "The developer of the text robot ChatGPT is postponing its stock market listing until 2027. Sam Altman justifies this step with security problems that can be solved more easily as a private company.",
  "key_points": [],
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        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Sam Altman says he agrees with Amodei that \"committing to having independent evaluators with employee-like access is a great idea\", and OpenAI will do the same (Sam Altman/@sama)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/sam-altman-says-he-agrees-with-amodei-that-committing-to-having",
        "published": "2026-09-12T17:00:13.000Z"
      },
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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",
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        "title": "OpenAI delaying IPO amid AI safety concerns, Sam Altman says",
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        "published": "2026-09-12T19:50:44.000Z"
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        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "OpenAI’s Sam Altman says it would be ‘ill-advised’ to go public in 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/openais-sam-altman-says-it-would-be-ill-advised-to-go-public-in-2026",
        "published": "2026-09-12T20:19:16.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "OpenAI IPO will not happen in 2026 amid AI safety fears, Altman says",
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        "published": "2026-09-12T20:38:16.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "OpenAI IPO will not happen in 2026 amid AI safety fears, Altman says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/openai-ipo-will-not-happen-in-2026-amid-ai-safety-fears-altman-says-6990427",
        "published": "2026-09-12T20:42:32.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Sam Altman says OpenAI won't go public this year",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/sam-altman-says-openai-wont-go-public-this-year",
        "published": "2026-09-12T20:50:27.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CoinDesk",
        "title": "OpenAI IPO won't happen this year, says Sam Altman",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/openai-ipo-wont-happen-this-year-says-sam-altman",
        "published": "2026-09-12T21:09:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Verge",
        "title": "Sam Altman says OpenAI going public in 2026 would be ‘ill-advised’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/sam-altman-says-openai-going-public-in-2026-would-be-ill-advised",
        "published": "2026-09-12T21:16:28.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Seeking Alpha News",
        "title": "Sam Altman says OpenAI IPO not happening in 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/sam-altman-says-openai-ipo-not-happening-in-2026",
        "published": "2026-09-12T21:27:43.000Z"
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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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