The Latest Breaking News from Sam Altman

Oracle plans more layoffs as AI spending surges. Is the AI jobs apocalypse finally here?

Oracle is said to be planning additional job cuts this month, following a substantial reduction in its workforce in the previous fiscal year. Meanwhile, wider trends indicate that while AI is reshaping jobs rather than simply removing them, investment in AI is simultaneously generating new employment opportunities across diverse sectors.…

The Economic Times · Aug 12

OpenAI has a secret ‘friction’ email that lets employees complain directly to Sam Altman and top bosses and it has a surprising Jeff Bezos-Amazon connection

OpenAI reportedly has an internal “friction” email that allows employees to flag workplace problems and bureaucratic bottlenecks, with serious issues potentially reaching CEO Sam Altman or President Greg Brockman. The unusual system also has a surprising connection to Jeff Bezos and Amazon’s famous escalation practice.

The Economic Times · Aug 12

Sam Altman thinks working at Goldman Sachs ‘sounds unbelievably terrible now’ and admits he was ‘peer pressured’ into accepting an internship there

Two decades after his application to the bank, OpenAI is recruiting Wall Street veterans and teaching AI to do the work of junior bankers.

Fortune · Aug 12

'Keep Your Word': Bernie Sanders Urges OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic to Pause AI Development

Senator Bernie Sanders urges OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta to halt AI development, warning of risks and calling for safety commitments. He hints at Senate intervention if ignored.

International Business Times UK · Aug 11

Bernie Sanders Tells AI CEOs To Hit The Brakes, Warns Congress Will Step In If They Don't

Bernie Sanders said leading AI companies should honor their own safety commitments before increasingly powerful systems become too difficult to control.

International Business Times · Aug 10

Meta chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth says AI productivity gains should now mean we're all doing more work — not taking time off

AI is great for improving productivity - now maybe do some extra work, Meta CTO tells employees.

TechRadar · Aug 10

The simple reason Philip Seymour Hoffman’s son wasn’t cast in Hunger Games prequel

The late actor’s 23-year-old son has become one of Hollywood’s buzziest young talents – but won’t be taking on one of his dad’s final roles

The Independent UK · Aug 6

Will companies ever be run by an AI CEO?

OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman has speculated about how long it will take for artificial intelligence to replace senior leadership teams in organisations. “Shame on me,” Altman told the Conversations with Tyler podcast in November 2025, “if OpenAI is not the first big company run by an AI CEO.”

The Conversation · Aug 6

How to find what you are naturally good at? Perplexity founder Aravind Srinivas shares the career advice from Sam Altman that changed his life

Perplexity AI founder Aravind Srinivas credits OpenAI CEO Sam Altman with career advice that helped shape his approach to work: focus on things that come naturally to you but are difficult for others. Srinivas says his experience winning a Kaggle competition at IIT Madras, despite having limited machine-learning knowledge at…

The Economic Times · Aug 6

Microsoft filings suggest "around 70%" of its AI revenue is concentrated entirely on OpenAI — which seems rather unhealthy

Recent analysis showed that Microsoft's AI business, while seemingly booming, still carries a somewhat enormous Sam Altman-shaped risk.

Windows Central · Aug 6