Reading up on Sam Altman

OpenAI proposed giving the U.S. government a 5% stake worth $42.6 billion to ease political pressure, with Sam Altman arguing it shares AI benefits publicly.

If AI replaces all human labor, a permanent underclass results; even the rich and state are eventually disempowered by autonomous machines, making human autonomy obsolete.

OpenAI president Greg Brockman, worth ~$30B, now leads product over 1,500 staff, merging ChatGPT, Codex, and API into a super app.

Elon Musk's failed lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman removes a legal obstacle, accelerating the AI industry's rapid development.

A jury dismissed Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, finding he filed too late under the statute of limitations.

Sam Altman is discussing launching a new AI compute company that he would fundraise for, with OpenAI as the majority shareholder.

Elon Musk and Sam Altman, worth over $670 billion combined, clashed in court with props and icy stares as their legal battle reaches a climax.

Silicon Valley's AI leaders focused on existential risks while ignoring how their technology is already harming ordinary people through job displacement and inequality.

OpenAI's CFO Sarah Friar is reining in Sam Altman's ambitious spending claims and imposing financial discipline as the company eyes a potential IPO.

OpenAI secures new partnerships with Microsoft and Qualcomm, and inks a deal with Customers Bank, signaling continued competitive moves in AI.

Ronan Farrow reports that Sam Altman's pattern of telling different groups conflicting things is an increasingly acknowledged concern among investors and colleagues.

Sam Altman's personal investments in Helion and Stoke Space create potential conflicts with OpenAI's interests ahead of its planned IPO.

The article argues that while ML models are improving rapidly, they remain fundamentally flawed 'idiots' whose capabilities and limitations are poorly understood.

A New Yorker investigation reveals that OpenAI board members secretly documented a pattern of lying by Sam Altman, leading to his brief ouster in 2023 due to concerns he could not be trusted with superintelligent AI.

Sam Altman shares a family photo after an arson attempt on his home, defends his AI mission as a moral obligation, and calls for de-escalation of rhetoric around AI criticism.

OpenAI told investors that Anthropic operates on a smaller compute curve, claiming it will have 30 GW by 2030 versus Anthropic's 7-8 GW by 2027.

Tech giants' AI narratives cater to investors, fueling public pessimism, but startups can craft optimistic, credible stories about the future.

A fight over Pentagon contracts reveals how OpenAI and Anthropic's leaders are feuding over the future of the AI industry.

Anthropic refused DoW surveillance and weapons use, so OpenAI stepped in, but the deal's "all lawful use" clause leaves dangerous loopholes.

At an AI summit in India, OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei awkwardly avoided holding hands during a staged photo-op.

Mark Zuckerberg personally recruited OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger, but Steinberger chose OpenAI over Meta, valuing vision and impact over a higher salary.

The author explains his growing sympathy for AI detractors due to negative impacts on education, misinformation, and slop, despite his personal productivity gains.

Sam Altman's leadership of OpenAI and his aggressive bets on AI infrastructure and products position him as a transformative but controversial figure in technology.

Apparent contradictions like OpenAI selling ads don't disprove imminent superintelligence because AI labs must fundraise and hedge against normal-tech scenarios to win the race.

Epoch AI's analysis of GPT-5 finds that while it had a 30% gross margin, it failed to recoup R&D costs during its four-month lifecycle, making AI models currently unprofitable.

Sam Altman hosted a town hall with AI builders, discussing topics like allowing ChatGPT subscription inference to be used across third-party services.

AI executives' competing predictions about AGI timelines and capabilities are shaped not by objective facts but by each company's capital structure and fundraising needs.

OpenAI's ChatGPT app store, designed to rival Apple's, remains largely dysfunctional and far from replacing traditional apps, early tests show.

Parker Ortolani argues 2025 tested tech assumptions: OpenAI must focus on models, Google reclaimed dominance, Alan Dye's Apple tenure was underrated, AI enables on-demand software, and Apple needs a big 2026 for AI.

The shrinking number of U.S. public companies creates a two-tier market where the wealthy access private shares of high-growth firms while most investors are left with older, slower-growing stocks.

Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI, letting Sora users create videos with over 200 Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars characters.

OpenAI released GPT-5.2 in three versions with a 400k-token context window, following a 'code red' memo prompted by Google's Gemini 3 competition.

OpenAI CEO reflects on ten years of progress toward AGI, citing key breakthroughs and iterative deployment as the right strategy.

TIME names Jensen Huang and other AI leaders as Person of the Year, arguing their technology reshaped global economy, geopolitics, and daily life in 2025.

Big-tech CEOs Pichai and Altman argue AI could soon handle executive roles, with Altman envisioning an AI-led OpenAI.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared a 'code red' to accelerate ChatGPT improvements after Google's Gemini caught up and surpassed OpenAI in user perception.

Cursor, a fast-growing AI coding tool valued at $29.3 billion, relies on AI models from competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic, raising questions about its long-term viability.

China prioritizes AI to modernize its manufacturing and export sectors, boosting speed and efficiency while cutting labor.

OpenAI's unique private status, massive spending, and vertical expansion up and down the stack create unprecedented dominance and uncertainty for AI startups.