AI Firm Cohere CEO Slams Effective Altruism After OpenAI Drama

The chief executive officer of artificial-intelligence startup Cohere criticized the “self righteousness” of the effective altruism movement and those overly concerned with the threat of an AI doomsday in a letter to his staff on Wednesday.

The AI industry has been increasingly divided between those who urge caution and restraint in the development of the technology and those who want to barrel ahead quickly. That tension was on full display this past week amid the rupture between OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and the board members who firedhim Friday—before the company rehired him five days later. The fear that AI might wipe out ...