OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday said the rapid rise of artificial intelligence is unlikely to trigger the kind of global jobs apocalypse that many feared, admitting that his earlier concerns about massive white-collar job losses may have been overstated. 

Speaking at a conference hosted by Commonwealth Bank of Australia in Sydney, Altman said he had initially expected AI to eliminate a far greater number of entry-level white-collar jobs after the launch of ChatGPT in 2022.