Sam Altman publishes OpenAI's five operating principles, signals capability restrictions

Sam Altman released five OpenAI operating principles under his personal signature: Democratization, Empowerment, Universal Prosperity, Resilience, and Adaptability. The post signals OpenAI may restrict user access to model capabilities for safety reasons — landing alongside a dedicated GPT-5.5 biosafety red-teaming program. Reactions ranged from 10K+ likes on X to skepticism from researchers including François Chollet.