In a new essay on his personal blog, Sam Altman admits that AI's benefits may not be widely distributed — at least not at first.

As such, Altman said the company’s mission now is focused “more towards individual empowerment” as it works toward AGI, while making efforts to prevent such systems from being used by authoritarian governments to “control their population through mass surveillance” and forestall the “loss of autonomy.”

Key Takeaways OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman has a net worth of $1.2 billion, according to Forbes.Altman's wealth mainly comes from his investments in technology companies such as Reddit, Stripe,