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Oct 23, 2026 · Industry Insights

Altman's Three AI Endgames: Global Governance, Lab Merger, or RSI Monopoly

The article reports Sam Altman's internal presentation of three possible AI competition outcomes: an IAEA-like global regulator, a CERN-style merger of leading labs, or a winner-takes-all scenario where recursive self-improvement enables one firm to disable rivals' GPUs, which Altman calls 'terrible' but admits OpenAI must still compete for leadership.