Sam Altman
What to stream this week: Steve Carell’s tech bro satire and five more to add to your list
When four tech titans, led by Steve Carell’s Randall, go on a boys’ weekend it’s all fun and games until the world starts falling to bits.
- Craig Mathieson
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The man who designed the iPhone sells his secretive company to ChatGPT maker in $10b deal
OpenAI has recruited Jony Ive, the legendary designer behind Apple’s iPhone, to lead a new project for the artificial intelligence company that makes ChatGPT.
- Mark Gurman and Shirin Ghaffary
‘Don’t think he’s a happy person’: Billionaire takes swipe at Elon Musk as feud intensifies
The war of words between Sam Altman and Elon Musk over the future of ChatGPT maker OpenAI is getting more personal.
- Charles Capel and Tom Mackenzie
- Opinion
- Billionaires
Musk v Altman: Watch the billionaires’ faux fight for humanity
If billionaire biffo is your entertainment weakness, the latest outbreak in the war between Elon Musk and OpenAI’s Sam Altman will have you glued to your X feed.
- Elizabeth Knight
Deep impact: China’s AI tidal wave hits Trump, and Australia
The cheap, open AI model has sent shockwaves through Silicon Valley. Has Australia already been left behind or does DeepSeek’s rapid rise, despite limited resources, mean something similar could emerge locally?
- David Swan
Sam Altman’s younger sister files lawsuit claiming he sexually abused her
The OpenAI chief and founder denies the allegations, which are similar to claims his sister Anne Altman has long made online.
- Cade Metz
- Opinion
- AI
Why Elon Musk’s epic troll of AI company is totally justified
Billionaire Elon Musk has sued the world-leading AI company and its chief, Sam Altman, for breaking their founding agreement about working to benefit humanity.
- Parmy Olson
How the ‘king of the cannibals’ Sam Altman took over Silicon Valley
Controversy at OpenAI led to his firing and rehiring last month. In the end, Altman’s reputation has only been burnished by his temporary downfall.
- Elizabeth Dwoskin, Marc Fisher and Nitasha Tiku
- Opinion
- AI
AI, profit and power: Is Sam Altman sugarcoating the apocalypse?
OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman, 38, has assumed the role of the upbeat face of AI’s future. But is that what the world needs right now?
- Maureen Dowd
- Opinion
- AI
When OpenAI’s CEO was sacked I thought it was corporate trivia. Here’s why it’s not
Sam Altman thinks artificial intelligence will “end poverty”. First, his company must get past the in-fighting and present a united front amid growing fears of AI overreach.
- Sean Kelly
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