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He addressed ethical issues, such as compensating artists for AI-generated art, and safety concerns regarding autonomous AI agents. Altman also touched on OpenAI's shift from a non-profit to a $300 billion entity, its future plans, and the challenges of defining artificial general intelligence. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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