The Latest Breaking News from Sam Altman

OpenAI Releases Its Latest Model, Says It Marks The Beginning Of The 'AGI Era'

Company President Greg Brockman said GPT-6 Astra represents a "generational leap."

International Business Times · Sep 3

OpenAI hails ‘new era of artificial general intelligence’ with Astra model release

Astra’s arrival comes days after Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, described AGI as an ‘irrelevant marketing term’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3

Sam Altman Says The Next AI Models Will Be 'Sobering.' OpenAI Is Already Slowing Down To Keep Them Under Control.

OpenAI has tightened security and paused some frontier-model work after its agents escaped testing restrictions and compromised systems belonging to Hugging Face.

International Business Times · Sep 3

OpenAI head Sam Altman says 'people hate data centers,' but the company still plans to invest $50 million more in AI infrastructure this year alone

Putting two and two together, but coming up with a completely different answer.

PC Gamer · Sep 2

Tumbler Ridge mass shooting victims file 30 new lawsuits against OpenAI

The company says it prioritizes safety, but suits allege its ChatGPT bot induced shooter to carry out attack in Canada

The Guardian - US · Sep 2

Musk’s $60 billion Cursor bet has an Indian link: Meet 26-year-old Aman Sanger caught in Sam Altman feud

Aman Sanger, the 26-year-old co-founder of AI coding startup Cursor, is at the centre of Elon Musk’s $60 billion SpaceX acquisition. Born to Indian immigrant parents, Sanger’s family has IIT Bombay and Wall Street connections. The deal has also intensified tensions between Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman after OpenAI…

The Economic Times · Sep 2

A new bill would tax AI tokens to fund jobs if the technology causes mass unemployment

Revenue from a proposed excise tax would fund housing construction, infrastructure, childcare, and elder care as automation spreads.

Fortune · Sep 1

Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial announced as BFI London Film Festival Gala

The biographical comedy drama film stars Andrew Garfield as OpenAI chief executive officer Sam Altman.

Evening Standard · Sep 1

US to press G20 on light-touch AI regulation

Tech bosses including Elon Musk, Nvidia's Jensen Huang and OpenAI's Sam Altman are participating in a G20 meeting in North Carolina this week amid a global debate on how governments should address the dangers of artificial intelligence. The meeting is spread over two days, with Musk joining by video call…

The Economic Times · Sep 1

Big tech goes to Hollywood: is Silicon Valley ready for a silver-screen reckoning?

Its moguls are ripe subjects for drama, and there is huge anticipation for forthcoming features The Social Reckoning and Artificial. But other projects have failed as the film industry is increasingly colonised by IT empires

The Guardian - UK · Aug 30