Sam Altman Tells Axios Superintelligence Requires 'New Deal'-Scale Social Contract — Warns of Cyberattacks and Bio Threats This Year

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In a half-hour Axios interview published April 6, Altman said AI superintelligence is so close and disruptive that America needs a new social contract on the scale of the Progressive Era and the New Deal. He identified cyberattacks and biological attacks as the two most immediate threats, with 'top tech, business and government officials fearing that advanced AI models could enable a world-shaking cyberattack this year.' Axios frames the policy document as corporate strategy as much as policy — OpenAI positioning itself as the responsible actor before regulation shapes them, a lane Anthropic first occupied.