在Politico播客《Decoded》的第一集中，OpenAI首席执行官萨姆·奥尔特曼表示，AI公司向美国政治投入的大量资金未能改善人们对这项技术的看法。
During the first episode of Decoded, Politico’s podcast, OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman says the money AI companies are pouring into US politics has failed to improve how people see the technology.
“显然，有些地方没有奏效。”他在Politico的《Decoded》播客第一集中说道。
“Something’s clearly not working,” he said on the first episode of Politico’s Decoded podcast.
奥尔特曼说，人们往往很喜欢使用AI工具，但也对就业问题以及权力集中在少数人手中感到不安。
People often love using AI tools, Altman said, but they are anxious about jobs and about power being concentrated in a few hands.
在他看来，在政治上投入资金不会缓解这些担忧，而该行业中的很大一部分人并未正视这些担忧。
In his view, spending on politics will not ease those fears, and much of the industry is being tone-deaf about them.
Politico记者布伦丹·博德隆问及OpenAI总裁格雷格·布罗克曼。后者向支持AI的超级政治行动委员会“Leading the Future”捐赠了2500万美元；据最新报道，他又追加捐赠了2500万美元。萨姆·奥尔特曼说，他尚未看到这则报道，也不愿对此发表评论。
Brendan Bordelon, the Politico journalist, asked about OpenAI president Greg Brockman, who gave $25M to the pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future and, according to recent reports, has dropped a second $ 25 M donation. Sam Altman said he had not seen the report and did not want to respond to it.
他说，过去曾支持过个别候选人，但现在不再向任何候选人捐款。他解释道，AI如今已处于核心地位，而OpenAI也与美国政府开展业务。
He said he has backed individual candidates in the past but no longer gives to any. AI is now so central, he explained, and OpenAI does business with the government.
随后有人问他，该行业是否应在2028年大选前同意减少政治方面的资金投入。
Then he was asked whether the industry should agree to slow its political spending before the 2028 election.
奥尔特曼说，他当然希望看到政治中的资金大幅减少，但不确定自己或整个行业是否有能力单方面“解除武装”。
Altman said he would love to see much less money in politics, but doubted that he or the industry had the power to disarm on its own.
他说，告诉某些人可以捐款、另一些人不能捐款，同样行不通。不过，他仍会支持一种总体上减少政治资金的方案。
Telling some people they can give and others they cannot would not work either, he said. Still, he would support a way to reduce political money overall.
奥尔特曼还赞扬了加利福尼亚州州长加文·纽森。Politico报道称，他曾就一项儿童聊天机器人安全法案给纽森发短信。
Altman also praised California governor Gavin Newsom, whom Politico has reported he texted about a children’s chatbot safety bill.
他称纽森在凝聚不同群体方面考虑周全，并认为他可能有助于修复民主党与硅谷之间的裂痕。
He called Newsom thoughtful at bringing different groups together, and said he could help repair ties between Democrats and Silicon Valley.
除此之外，奥尔特曼说，他目前还没有花太多时间接触潜在的总统候选人，并表示无论谁成为下一任美国总统，他都愿与其合作。这次采访还讨论了他与Anthropic在AI规则问题上的分歧。
Beyond that, Altman said he is not spending much time with likely presidential candidates yet, and will work with whoever becomes the next US president. The same interview also covered his split with Anthropic on AI rules.