Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, testifies before a Senate committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Source: AP Photo)

Shortly ahead of its high-stakes lawsuit trial with Elon Musk that carries potential existential implications for OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman sought to reaffirm the organisation’s founding mission of developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) for the benefit of all humanity.

Stating that OpenAI’s goal is to put truly general AI in the hands of as many people as possible, Altman laid out five key principles that will underscore the ChatGPT-maker’s future efforts.

“We envision a world with widespread flourishing at a level that is currently difficult to imagine, and a world in which individual potential, agency, and fulfillment significantly increase.…