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What the rise of ChatGPT mastermind Sam Altman reveals about AI, tech and power

A new biography charts Sam Altman's rise to power and influence due to his role at the helm of OpenAI. © REUTERS - Kim Kyung-Hoon

Since dropping out of Stanford University, Sam Altman has become one of the world's most influential tech entrepreneurs – at the helm of OpenAI and its artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT. The author of a new biography of Altman tells RFI what his ascent reveals about AI, Silicon Valley and how tech is rewriting traditional power structures.

Keach Hagey, Wall Street Journal reporter and author of The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future, spoke to RFI's Thomas Bourdeau.

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