Sam Altman says AI money in US politics is clearly not working

In the first episode of Politico's Decoded podcast, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said AI companies' political spending in the US has failed to improve public perception of the technology. He said people love using AI tools but worry about jobs and concentrated power, and much of the industry is tone-deaf to those fears.

• Altman: "something's clearly not working" with AI industry political spending
• OpenAI president Greg Brockman gave $25M to pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future
• Altman says he no longer donates to candidates, though he backed individuals before
• He would support reducing political money overall but doubts unilateral disarmament works