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OpenAI plant neues Büro in Berlin – KI-Ausbau in Deutschland
OpenAI möchte mit einem neuen Berliner Büro in Deutschland richtig durchstarten. Was Firmenchef Altman über deutsche KI-Pläne und Datenschutz sagt.
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OpenAI plant neues Büro in Berlin – KI-Ausbau in Deutschland
OpenAI möchte mit einem neuen Berliner Büro in Deutschland richtig durchstarten. Was Firmenchef Altman über deutsche KI-Pläne und Datenschutz sagt.

OpenAI says Apple's claim that OpenAI never responded to its concerns is false; emails: an Apple lawyer mixed up two OpenAI staffers in Apple's initial outreach (David Ingram/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/apple/apple-o

Bungled Apple lawyer email scuttled OpenAI talks ahead of lawsuit
A lawyer for Apple apologized for mixing up two OpenAI employees with the names Wang and Chang.

Sam Altman (CEO of Open AI, which makes ChatGPT) here tells on himself: he has no idea how to utilize human support staff nor how to delegate.
CEO of a company “worth” ~$852 billion doesn’t understand how assistants work.
(How Pepper Potts helps Tony Stark be more effective in Iron Man is just one pop culture example of how assistants can assist.) 🤦‍♂️

Ever since generative AI, these startups have realized that they can use fear and public outcry over their product as free marketing. Every time a Sam Altman type talks about the “singularity” and how “dangerous” their AI is, they rise in popularity.
It's a horrible marketing discovery, as these concepts are in fact dangerous and morally problematic, so you're caught giving them publicity because the better alternative can't be to not talk about it.

Sources: Sam Altman told staff that OpenAI is expected to go public "within the next year" and OpenAI plans a tender offer "very soon" at a $687.69 share price (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/…

Exclusive: OpenAI Preps New AI Model, Expects To Go Public ‘Within the Next Year’
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told staff in a Slack message on Monday that he expects OpenAI to go public “within the next year” and that “many things could cause it to be sooner or later in that range, but filing now gives us optionality if we want to go sooner.” Another OpenAI leader also teased an upcoming new AI model that the company is preparing to release. Altman sent the message at roughly the

Sam Altman korrigiert Warnung vor KI-bedingtem Stellenabbau
OpenAI-Chef Sam Altman räumt ein, den KI-bedingten Abbau von Bürojobs überschätzt zu haben.
https://www.heise.de/news/Sam…

Sam Altman korrigiert Warnung vor KI-bedingtem Stellenabbau
OpenAI-Chef Sam Altman räumt ein, den KI-bedingten Abbau von Bürojobs überschätzt zu haben.

Source: OpenAI and White House are discussing a government stake in the company, to seed something like the "Public Wealth Fund" that OpenAI outlined earlier (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/05/trump-open-ai-altman-stake.html

Trump administration, OpenAI discussing possible government stake in the AI startup
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman first shared the idea with the Trump administration in 2025, according to a source.

Fusion energy startup Helion raised a $465M Series G led by Thrive Capital, at a $15.5B valuation, nearly tripling the valuation from its January 2025 raise (Tim De Chant/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/04/heli

Helion, the Sam Altman-backed fusion startup, raises $465M to build a power plant for Microsoft | TechCrunch
Fusion startup Helion is racing to complete a power plant for Microsoft by 2028. A fresh infusion of cash should help with that.

Florida AG James Uthmeier sues OpenAI and Sam Altman, seeking to hold Altman personally liable for deceptive trade practices, negligence, and public nuisance (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/florida-sues-openai-sam-al…

Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman, saying they put profit over safety
Florida’s attorney general filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and the company’s CEO, saying the company misrepresents safety to turn a profit.

Source: Sam Altman will meet with senior US officials, lawmakers, and economists in Washington, DC, this week to preview OpenAI's upcoming family of AI models (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/27/altman-trump-china-open-weight-ai.html

Sam Altman to meet with Trump administration, senators this week. Here's what he plans to say
Altman will preview the capabilities of the company's upcoming family of AI models and answer questions about cybersecurity and open-weight models.