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.
Entrepreneur David Sacks published a Twitter thread criticizing proposals for government ownership stakes in AI firms, warning that "nationalization of AI will accelerate the corporate-government fusi…
President Donald Trump confirmed Friday he is considering a government partnership with major AI companies that could include taking an equity stake, echoing a proposal from Senator Bernie Sanders tha…
Former AI czar David Sacks warned that Sen. Bernie Sanders' proposal for 50% government ownership in AI companies amounts to a "stupidity tax" and cautioned against nationalization, as President Donal…
The Trump administration is in talks with OpenAI about taking an equity stake in the AI company, according to reports. The discussions, which began in 2025 when CEO Sam Altman proposed the idea, could…
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son revealed on June 5 that an AI model is now designing OpenAI’s next-generation system, based on direct conversations with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and company engineers. Son sai…
President Donald Trump said Friday he has discussed potential deals with AI companies that would allow the American public to benefit from AI success, and CNBC reported the administration is specifica…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman requested and held a private, nearly hourlong meeting with Sen. Bernie Sanders this week to discuss the senator's proposal for public ownership of AI companies, including a 50% s…
SpaceX and OpenAI are pursuing public listings at valuations approaching $1 trillion despite projecting massive losses, with OpenAI alone expecting $14 billion in losses for 2026 and profitability not…
President Donald Trump said he will meet with AI companies next week to discuss a "partnership" plan that would give American citizens an equity stake in the industry, endorsing a concept first pitche…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman privately contacted Senator Bernie Sanders to discuss public ownership of artificial intelligence, as former President Donald Trump and Sanders publicly debated AI governance. Th…
A.I. is creating jobs rather than eliminating them, according to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who said executives blaming layoffs on artificial intelligence are "lazy." The shift in discourse comes as a m…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and White House officials have held ongoing discussions for over a year about a potential U.S. government equity stake in the company, with Altman first pitching the idea to Pres…
Florida has filed the first US state lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging ChatGPT poses risks to minors due to missing age verification and inadequate safety investment. The 83-page com…
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky is backing a new AI research lab focused on user interaction and design while remaining at the helm of Airbnb, putting him in direct competition with Sam Altman, whom he helped…
OpenAI would likely have imploded if Sam Altman had not returned as CEO after his brief ouster in 2023, former Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati said at the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francis…
The Great American AI Act, a 269-page bill from Reps. Obernolte and Trahan, is the most serious AI safety proposal yet, authorizing a $100 million Center for AI Standards and Innovation and requiring …
Senior US officials have held preliminary discussions with major AI companies about the federal government acquiring shares in firms building frontier AI, according to a report by NOTUS. OpenAI CEO Sa…
Billionaires Sam Altman, Mark Cuban, and Senator Elizabeth Warren have proposed overhauling the U.S. tax code in response to artificial intelligence, including ideas such as taxing labor at lower rate…
The CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Microsoft AI have signed an open letter to Congress urging mandatory government screening of synthetic DNA and RNA sales, warning that their own AI systems are lower…
As AI models approach greater autonomy, developers need practical safety controls—not just policy debates—to manage risk. The most critical feature is a "brake pedal" that can reduce a model's capabil…