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> OpenAI have several times being argue that they are the only ones to be responsible enough to develop powerful AI, and that others should not be allowed to play

Can you give examples of where they’ve said that?

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He's been pretty vocal on that only anointed companies should be allowed to do AI and of course OpenAi should be one of them.

As far as I'm concerned, he's just try to rug-pull.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/16/tech/sam-altman-openai-congre...

The term you're looking for is that Sam is trying to pull the ladder up behind him.

That, or: build a moat.

He likely can't without heavy paraphrasing and/or not providing full context for the quote. They've said stuff along the lines of "good luck trying, but we're gonna win so...". That's just the kind of confidence you want to see in the frontrunner (imo). They've also encouraged regulation, but it's a smart idea to be the one to frame the conversation.

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