The Information: Altman Tells OpenAI Staff AI Has Three Endgames — IAEA, Lab Merger, or 'GPU Melt'

The Information reports Sam Altman told OpenAI staff there are three possible AI endgames: an IAEA-style international watchdog overseeing frontier labs, a merger of the leading labs into a single CERN-like entity, or one lab hitting recursive self-improvement and leveraging its economic edge to 'melt everyone else's GPUs.' Altman reportedly favors the international-agency option.