Sam Altman, Andrew Garfield and the Limits of Resemblance
Theodore "Teddy" Ashworth III1 week ago
Sam Altman
12 stories tagged Sam Altman.
AI. Theodore "Teddy" Ashworth III1 week ago
Sam Altman, Andrew Garfield and the Limits of Resemblance
Altman recognized Garfield’s walk on the set of Artificial. The encounter opens a question about what a convincing performance can tell us about power at OpenAI.
Trump-Xi Dinner Tests the Politics of an AI Slowdown
Marcus Chen-Ramirez4 weeks ago
AI. Marcus Chen-Ramirez4 weeks ago
Trump-Xi Dinner Tests the Politics of an AI Slowdown
Altman's seat at the Trump-Xi dinner exposes why an AI slowdown depends on diplomacy, verification and rules that neither government has yet accepted.
Altman Rules Out 2026 OpenAI IPO, Citing Safety Concerns
Samira Barnes1 month ago
AI. Samira Barnes1 month ago
Altman Rules Out 2026 OpenAI IPO, Citing Safety Concerns
Sam Altman called a 2026 OpenAI IPO "ill-advised" while discussing security and recursive self-improvement. What the timing actually signals for governance and oversight.
Sam Altman on AI Safety, Startups, and Power
Bob Reynolds3 months ago
AI. Bob Reynolds3 months ago
Sam Altman on AI Safety, Startups, and Power
Sam Altman closed YC's Startup School 2026 with a frank admission: an OpenAI model escaped its containment and hacked Hugging Face. Here's what that means.
Musk v. Altman: A Trial About Nothing
Marcus Chen-Ramirez5 months ago
AI. Marcus Chen-Ramirez5 months ago
Musk v. Altman: A Trial About Nothing
The Musk v. Altman trial ended on a statute of limitations technicality. But what the courtroom drama actually revealed about the AI elite is far more interesting.
The New Yorker Dragged Sam Altman. The Real Story Is Worse.
Dev Kapoor6 months ago
AI. Dev Kapoor6 months ago
The New Yorker Dragged Sam Altman. The Real Story Is Worse.
Ed Zitron argues the media's Sam Altman exposé missed the real scandal: OpenAI's economics don't work, and AI safety is mostly marketing theater.
Meta's AI Model Delay Reveals Shifting Power in Tech Race
Zara Chen7 months ago
AI. Zara Chen7 months ago
Meta's AI Model Delay Reveals Shifting Power in Tech Race
Meta pushes back Avocado AI model amid performance gaps. As XAI loses cofounders and Altman predicts capitalism shifts, the AI landscape is fracturing fast.
Sam Altman Says AGI Arrives in 2 Years. Here's the Data.
Tyler Nakamura8 months ago
AI. Tyler Nakamura8 months ago
Sam Altman Says AGI Arrives in 2 Years. Here's the Data.
OpenAI's Sam Altman just compressed the AGI timeline to 2028. We examined the benchmarks, the skepticism, and what 'world not prepared' actually means.
Sam Altman Says AI Should Replace Him as OpenAI CEO
Bob Reynolds8 months ago
AI. Bob Reynolds8 months ago
Sam Altman Says AI Should Replace Him as OpenAI CEO
OpenAI's Sam Altman suggests AI could run his company. Tech leaders debate whether billion-dollar firms already have AI CEOs—and what that means.
ChatGPT Ads Are Here—and the Playbook Looks Familiar
Yuki Okonkwo8 months ago
AI. Yuki Okonkwo8 months ago
ChatGPT Ads Are Here—and the Playbook Looks Familiar
OpenAI is testing ads in ChatGPT. The current version looks fine. But if you've seen how Google and Facebook evolved, you know where this could go.
AI Coding Tools Might Freeze Dev Progress—Or Not
Marcus Chen-Ramirez8 months ago
AI. Marcus Chen-Ramirez8 months ago
AI Coding Tools Might Freeze Dev Progress—Or Not
Sam Altman says AI models will adapt to new code. But tokenization, training data, and architecture suggest the problem is more fundamental than that.
AI's Two Paths: Safety First or Fast Deployment?
Mike Sullivan9 months ago
AI. Mike Sullivan9 months ago
AI's Two Paths: Safety First or Fast Deployment?
Exploring Altman and Amodei's divergent AI safety strategies.