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.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said the public backlash against AI is 'fundamentally a crisis of trust,' responding to investor Gavin Baker's criticism that his warnings about AI risks have fueled negativ…
OpenAI has appointed Dali Rajic, former president and COO of Wiz, as its new chief revenue officer to lead enterprise and cybersecurity initiatives. Rajic's experience at Wiz, which Google acquired fo…
A CNBC Generation Labs survey of over 1,000 US adults aged 18 to 34 found that 81% do not trust Palantir CEO Alex Karp to act responsibly on AI, the lowest among nine tech executives, while Microsoft …
Protesters from the Seattle-based direct-action group the Troublemakers stormed OpenAI's Bellevue, Washington office on August 15, 2026, demanding that AI remain a tool under human control rather than…
OpenAI on August 13 unveiled a limited preview of Ultrafast mode for its flagship GPT-5.6 Sol model, running on Cerebras wafer-scale inference chips instead of Nvidia GPUs, delivering up to 750 output…
Anti-AI protesters staged a balloon-filled, choreographed demonstration at OpenAI's Bellevue, Washington office, drawing online mockery for its unserious tone. The protesters, who dressed as rogue AI …
Dwarkesh Patel's podcast has become a popular venue for in-depth conversations with leading artificial intelligence researchers and executives, offering listeners an unfiltered look at the field's mos…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word open letter titled "The Future is for Everyone," joining a trend of tech executives issuing manifestos to shape AI's direction, as the International Mon…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said two years of college was the right amount for him and suggested that four-year degrees may no longer be necessary, speaking at investor Cory Levy's Internapalooza summit. Al…
OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, faces mounting internal upheaval as executive exits and safety team changes unsettle staff, while CEO Sam Altman prepares the company for a blockbuster initial public off…
OpenAI's audited financials, reported by the Financial Times, show 2025 spending of roughly $34 billion against $13 billion in revenue, with a net loss of $38.5 billion including a one-time restructur…
OpenAI and Anthropic are pursuing divergent market strategies, with Anthropic focusing on enterprise workflows and operational efficiency akin to Palantir, while OpenAI targets consumer personal assis…
OpenAI is facing a C-suite exodus ahead of its IPO, with Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser resigning Thursday just eight months after joining, and former COO Brad Lightcap departing after eight yea…
OpenAI reported 25-year-old Goldman Sachs financial analyst Darren Zhou to the FBI after he used ChatGPT to make violent threats against his ex-girlfriend, including saying, "I'm gonna kill her by the…
OpenAI's failure to maintain its non-profit mission lock after the removal of Sam Altman has prompted a LessWrong user to propose a new commercial venture, Prealign, aimed at solving value generalisat…
OpenAI has lost a wave of senior executives in the past month, including chief revenue officer Denise Dresser, former COO Brad Lightcap, and co-founder Sam Altman's top deputy Fidji Simo, as the compa…
On August 12, 2026, Google Search briefly displayed OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as deceased in his Knowledge Panel after a series of vandalized Wikipedia edits falsely claimed he had been assassinated. Goog…
Joshua Kushner, founder of Thrive Capital, announced he is teaming up with former Disney CEO Bob Iger to buy the Los Angeles Lakers for a record-breaking $12.5 billion, pending NBA Board of Governors …
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman envisions AI as a metered utility, and a growing number of tech firms, including Anthropic and Microsoft's GitHub, are shifting from flat subscription fees to usage-based pricing…
OpenAI has begun rolling out GPT-5.5-Cyber, a frontier cybersecurity model, to critical cyber defenders, with plans to collaborate with the ecosystem and government on trusted access. An independent a…