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@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-09-30 10:02:09

Sam Altman says OpenAI will not pursue an IPO until it can make confident safety claims about its AI models, but waiting too long would be "bad for the world" (Hayden Field/The Verge)
theverge.com/ai-artificial-int

Sam Altman says OpenAI won’t go public until its models are safe
The OpenAI CEO said he didn’t want ‘additional pressure’ from Wall Street.

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-10-01 23:48:17

The Real Existential Risk Is AI CEOs Avoiding Oversight:
-- "Alternative Nobel" Winner Timnit Gebru
We speak to the prominent AI researcher and leading critic of the AI industry, Timnit Gebru,
who was recently awarded a 2026 Right Livelihood Award for her work investigating the harms and hype behind the global buildup of artificial intelligence.
“Instead of discussing faulty, unreliable systems,” Gebru says
tech leaders like SpaceXAI’s Elon Musk, OpenA…

The Real Existential Risk Is AI CEOs Avoiding Oversight: “Alternative Nobel” Winner Timnit Gebru
We speak to the prominent AI researcher and leading critic of the AI industry, Timnit Gebru, who was recently awarded a 2026 Right Livelihood Award for her work investigating the harms and hype behind the global buildup of artificial intelligence. “Instead of discussing faulty, unreliable systems,” Gebru says tech leaders like SpaceXAI’s Elon Musk, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei are “marketing their systems as all-knowing, superpowerful, superintelligent,” and lo…

@peterhoneyman@a2mi.social
2026-09-02 03:58:43

seen on a telephone pole down the street

A protest poster wheat-pasted to a utility pole in Ann Arbor. It's a hand-drawn, comic-style flyer in bold yellow, green, and orange-red colors: - The headline, in red hand-lettering on yellow, reads "WE DON'T NEED ALL THESE FUCKING DATA CENTERS." - Below it, an illustration shows a data center building at night, with a caricatured figure labeled "Sam Altman" poking out and saying "But we need them to reach AGI!" - Under that, another speech-bubble-style line reads "WE NEED WATER," over an i…
Another activist poster on the same pole, in a red/white/blue two-color print style: - Bold hand-lettered headline at top: "FUCK I.C.E — ABOLISH I.C.E," underlined. - Below it, a cartoon of a stocky figure in an "I.C.E" jacket and cap, drawn mid-flight/falling backward with arms and legs flailing — a comic "getting kicked out" pose. - The bottom red band has white hand-lettered text: "Protect your neighbors — Donate to migrant defense! GET OUT on the STREETS." - A QR code sits in the bottom …
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-09-03 09:45:41

At the G20 summit, Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, and Elon Musk joined Trump officials in lobbying policymakers against heavy AI regulations (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)
wsj.com/tech/ai/te…

@rainerzufall_le@mastodon.social
2026-07-27 06:47:16

"OpenAI's CEO says we've reached a point in the AI race that is the stuff of science fiction novels.
"We are now, like, in the singularity," Sam Altman said on Saturday's episode of the "Relentless" podcast."
"OpenAI, incidentally, has said it is preparing to IPO later this year."

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the singularity has arrived
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he believes the technological singularity, the moment when artificial intelligence surpasses humans intelligence, is here.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-07-27 15:46:02

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)
cnbc.com/2026/07/27/altman-tru

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.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-09-30 08:31:02

A book excerpt details the Sam Altman-Dario Amodei feud, and Greg Brockman and Ilya Sutskever's 2017 plan to auction rights to OpenAI's future AGI to countries (Kevin Roose/The Atlantic)

OpenAI vs. Anthropic: Inside the Biggest Rivalry in Tech
A new world has arrived. Dario Amodei and Sam Altman cannot stop fighting over it.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-08-23 23:01:46

Sam Altman says AI could end up controlled by a few powerful players, partly because AI fears could push people to trade "a lot of liberty for safety" (Truman Dickerson/Business Insider)
businessinsider.com/sam-altman

Sam Altman says he's worried AI will be controlled by few players
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that fears about AI going off the rails could lead people to trade liberty for safety.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-09-29 16:57:30

A live blog of the OpenAI DevDay 2026 keynote, where Sam Altman is expected to announce ChatGPT and Codex updates (Engadget)
engadget.com/2271985/openai-de

OpenAI Dev Day 2026: Live updates on the latest ChatGPT and Codex announcements - Engadget
CEO Sam Altman is expected to take the stage today.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-07-31 22:26:22

Sources: OpenAI demoed a new "Astra" AI model family to US policymakers and regulators this week, touting its improved abilities to complete long-running tasks (The Information)
theinformation.com/briefings/e

Exclusive: OpenAI Previews ‘Astra’ AI Model in DC
OpenAI is preparing to release a new model family, tentatively using the name “Astra,” with improved abilities to complete long-running tasks, according to three people briefed on the plans. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman demonstrated Astra to policymakers and regulators in Washington, D.C., this week, according to the people. OpenAI touted its abilities to have multiple agents work together over a