OpenAI discussed securing the grid in talks with power companies - Politico.
- OpenAI has met with executives from several major power companies to discuss how to secure the electrical grid, the artificial intelligence business told POLITICO, amid a continuing sequence of revelations about its own products' role in a massive cyberattack.
- CEO Sam Altman has also proposed one potential remedy to cybersecurity risks: OpenAI's own cyber sensors.
- The energy security conversations, two of which had not been previously revealed, began on July 20. Altman most recently spoke with electric utility executives on Wednesday at the Edison Electric Institute's annual gathering in Colorado Springs, Colorado, according to OpenAI and the institute.