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Sam Altman

September 2024

  • Sam Altman in front of OpenAI logo

    OpenAI shift to for-profit company may lead it to cut corners, says whistleblower

  • Composite: Getty Images/Guardian design

    The Audio Long Read
    No god in the machine: the pitfalls of AI worship – podcast

  • A phone with the ChatGPT logo in front of a screen showing OpenAI

    Why is OpenAI planning to become a for-profit business and does it matter?

  • Sam Altman

    OpenAI planning to become for-profit company, say reports

August 2024

  • phone god big FINAL 3

    The long read
    No god in the machine: the pitfalls of AI worship

  • A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

    The Guardian view on a tech bubble going pop: AI pays the price for inflated expectations

  • A man menacingly presses his fingers to his face

    Elon Musk sues OpenAI again, alleging ‘deceit of Shakespearean proportions’

  • Sam Altman with a digital design overlaid on his face

    OpenAI’s Sam Altman is becoming one of the most powerful people on Earth. We should be very afraid

July 2024

  • Fly Me To The Moon Photocall, Madrid, Spain - 11 Jul 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Mike Chicorro/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock (14582583j) SCARLETT JOHANSSON attends 'Fly Me To The Moon Photocallà at Cineteca Fly Me To The Moon Photocall, Madrid, Spain - 11 Jul 2024

    Scarlett Johansson says OpenAI’s Sam Altman would make a good Marvel villain after voice dispute

    Actor, who claimed ChatGPT update used an imitation of her voice, says she declined to provide her own as ‘it went against my core values’

June 2024

  • Elon Musk.

    Elon Musk abruptly withdraws lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI

  • a person holds a sign with 'AI' crossed out in red

    OpenAI and Google DeepMind workers warn of AI industry risks in open letter

May 2024

  • A still from a flm made using OpenAI/Sora, one of the ‘shiny new products’ the company is accused of over-focusing on.

    TechScape newsletter
    TechScape: The people charged with making sure AI doesn’t destroy humanity have left the building

  • man in a suit speaking

    OpenAI co-founder who had key role in attempted firing of Sam Altman departs

March 2024

  • A composite image of two men facing each other

    The feud between Elon Musk and Sam Altman – explained

    When OpenAI launched, Sam Altman touted his close relationship with Tesla’s CEO. A decade later, they’re at each other’s throats
  • A young white man with short hair smiling and looking relaxed sitting in shade outdoors next to a brick wall.

    OpenAI reinstates CEO Sam Altman to board after firing and rehiring

    Altman ‘pleased’ investigation over, saying he could have handled dispute with former board member ‘with more grace and care’
  • headshots of the two men in open-necked shirts

    Elon Musk sues OpenAI accusing it of putting profit before humanity

    Lawsuit says chief executive Sam Altman’s deal with Microsoft has broken organisation’s mission

February 2024

  • Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

    US regulators investigate whether OpenAI investors were misled, say reports

  • John Naughton

    The networker
    OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants $7tn. For all our sakes, pray he doesn’t get it

    John Naughton

December 2023

  • John Naughton

    The networker
    ChatGPT exploded into public life a year ago. Now we know what went on behind the scenes

    John Naughton
    The fallout from AI’s ‘Pearl Harbor moment’ has been dramatic. In tech, 12 months can seem like an eternity

November 2023

  • Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella and OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman on stage.

    Microsoft to join OpenAI’s board after Sam Altman rehired as CEO

    Altman says tech giant, which owns 49% of ChatGPT maker after investing $13bn, will take non-voting, observer position on board
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