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The Secrets and Misdirection Behind Sam Altman’s Firing From OpenAI
The inside story of how the CEO of the hottest tech company was ousted and, just as quickly, resurrected.
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Sam Altman Turns 40: A Look Back at the OpenAI CEO’s Unlikely Ascent
We don’t know how Altman is spending the day, though it’s likely a low-key affair. Altman and his husband welcomed a baby ...
Saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ to ChatGPT is costing OpenAI tens of millions of dollars
Sam Altman told a ChatGPT user that those "please" and "thank you" one says to the AI rake in millions of dollars in ...
I tried the Sam Altman-backed orb face scanner. It couldn’t verify my humanity
A Sam Altman-backed company has an ambitious, but controversial, plan to solve one of the internet’s trickiest problems – distinguishing humans from artificial bots — and it relies on a gleaming, ...
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Sam Altman once told Elon Musk he worried Google Deepmind was trying to 'kill it' before it launched by poaching top talent
Musk, who cofounded OpenAI with 10 others, including Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, left the company in 2018, citing a conflict of interest with his work at Tesla. Since his departure, though ...
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Sam Altman Has Half a Billion Reasons to Smile. Should Google Be Worried?
OpenAI chief Sam Altman wrote in a post on X, “OpenAI usage has gone nuts over the past month.” “But a surprisingly cool ...
Sam Altman at TED 2025: Inside the most uncomfortable — and important — AI interview of the year
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman faced tough questions on AI ethics, artist compensation, and the risks of autonomous agents in a tense interview with TED’s Chris Anderson, revealing new details about OpenAI’s ...
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OpenAI’s Sam Altman ‘not that worried’ about Elon Musk’s influence on Trump
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who is in a legal dispute with rival Elon Musk, said said he is “not that worried” about Musk’s influence in the incoming Trump administration. Altman told a New York ...