Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI, where he has led the company's transition from research lab to commercial AI leader. He was briefly fired by the OpenAI board in November 2023 before being reinstated.
OpenAI will release GPT-5.6 on Thursday, July 9, in three tiers—Sol, Terra, and Luna—after the U.S. government lifted a restriction that required a pre-release review. The government had requested an …
President Donald Trump announced Monday that his administration is fast-tracking approvals for private gas plants to power AI data centers, citing the immense energy demands of artificial intelligence…
OpenAI announced the wider rollout of its GPT-5.6 family of AI models on Thursday, following a request from the Trump administration to stagger the release. Hours later, Elon Musk revealed that SpaceX…
Generative AI faces a potential US$800 billion revenue shortfall, with minimal productivity gains and high operating costs, raising doubts about its long-term value. OpenAI and other firms struggle to…
British Columbia has retained legal counsel to explore action against OpenAI for allegedly failing to notify law enforcement after safety teams flagged violent prompts on ChatGPT prior to a February 1…
The Trump administration lifted restrictions on OpenAI's GPT-5.6, ending a 30-day government pre-testing phase mandated by Executive Order 14409. The move allows broader access to the model, which inc…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has long advocated for humanity to 'merge' with artificial superintelligence, suggesting brain uploading as a path to survival. Critics argue this digital afterlife would only be…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman proposed granting the U.S. government a 5% equity stake, valued at $42.6 billion, to alleviate regulatory concerns and establish a sovereign wealth fund. Kalshi market participan…
The Canadian province of British Columbia is suing OpenAI, alleging the company failed to notify police after its staff flagged violent ChatGPT conversations linked to the perpetrator of a February ma…
British Columbia's Attorney General Niki Sharma announced on July 7 that the province has retained legal counsel to explore legal action against OpenAI, alleging the company failed to alert authoritie…
Allen & Co.'s Sun Valley conference in July 2026 attracted AI leaders including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, alongside media moguls discussing deals involving Comcast, Paramou…
A federal judge appointed a mediator to resolve the legal dispute between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over OpenAI's restructuring, after a jury rejected Musk's claims that Altman betrayed OpenAI's foundi…
OpenAI has offered the US government a 5% equity stake valued at $42.6 billion, part of a broader regulatory framework proposed by CEO Sam Altman to preempt AI regulation. The move has already impacte…
Anthropic launched web and smartphone versions of its Claude Cowork AI agent, revealing that 33.4% of customers use it for business operations and 16.4% for tasks like slide decks and documents. The c…
Nobel laureate Christopher Pissarides dismissed the idea that artificial intelligence will restore rapid productivity growth in Western economies, arguing that the fast-growth years may be over. Speak…
Sam Altman is reportedly discussing giving the US government a 5% stake in OpenAI, worth roughly $320 per American household, to address concerns about AI benefiting from human work and to provide a s…
Researchers warn that generative AI may weaken critical thinking, memory, and creativity, echoing past fears about the Google effect and calculators. MIT researcher Nataliya Kosmyna argues AI poses a …
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is in talks with President Trump to give the US government a 5% stake in OpenAI, worth about $42.6 billion, which could be distributed to American households as roughly $320 each…
Tech CEOs including Sam Altman and Dario Amodei have shifted from predicting AI-driven job losses to emphasizing productivity gains and worker retention, with a survey showing the share of CEOs expect…
The US government took two major steps toward regulating AI as national infrastructure this week: the FTC opened a comment period proposing that undisclosed AI output manipulation may constitute consu…