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Sam Altman takes subtle swipes at Anthropic, saying "government is supposed to be more powerful than private companies" (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/05/open-ai-altman-anthropic-pentagon-war.html

OpenAI's Altman takes jabs at Anthropic, says government should be more powerful than companies
The startup landed a deal with the Department of Defense hours after Anthropic was blacklisted by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Anthropic stichelt mit Super-Bowl-Werbung gegen OpenAI – und trifft einen Nerv
Anthropic will beim Super Bowl damit werben, dass die hauseigene KI Claude keine Werbung einblendet. OpenAI-Chef Sam Altman reagiert angefasst.

A profile of William Savitt, Sam Altman's lead lawyer against Elon Musk, who represented Twitter against Musk in 2022 and helped OpenAI's for-profit transition (Jacob Shamsian/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/william-sa

He beat Elon Musk in court once. Sam Altman hired him to do it again.
A former cab driver and rock band singer, William Savitt is now at the top of an elite law firm with experience defeating Elon Musk in court.

The press is warning about Iranian cyber attacks that aren't happening, while overlooking the real story of US and Israeli cyber action.
Don't miss today's Metacurity for more on this important story and other critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Google warns that US government-originated iPhone hacking kit has spread to Russian intel,
--Altman calls the backlash to Pentagon deal 'really painful,'
--Defense contractors expecte…

The Iran war has a cyber story. It's not the one you're reading
Google warns that US government-originated iPhone hacking kit has spread to Russian intel, Altman calls the backlash to Pentagon deal 'really painful,' Defense contractors expected to jettison Anthropic, CBP is tracking people through online advertising, much more

Filing: Elon Musk texted Greg Brockman about settling days before trial; after being denied, he said Brockman and Altman "will be the most hated men in America" (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/04/musk-altman-open-ai-settlement-tr…

Musk texted OpenAI's Brockman about settlement two days before trial began
Elon Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 and sued the company, President Greg Brockman and CEO Sam Altman in 2024.

Sam Altman says the DOD affirmed that OpenAI's tools wouldn't be used by agencies like the NSA, and services to them would need a further contract modification (Dylan Butts/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/03/openai-sam-altman-pentag…

OpenAI's Altman admits defense deal 'looked opportunistic and sloppy' amid backlash
Sam Altman says that OpenAI "shouldn't have rushed" its deal with the Defense Department and was making "some additions."

In an all-hands meeting, Sam Altman said OpenAI does not "get to make operational decisions" regarding how its technology is used by the Department of Defense (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/03/sam-altman-t…

Sam Altman tells OpenAI staffers that military's 'operational decisions' are up to the government
In an all-hands meetings with OpenAI employees on Tuesday, CEO Sam Altman said his company doesn't get to choose how the military uses its technology.

Canada says Sam Altman agreed to take immediate steps to strengthen OpenAI's safety protocols about notifying police over potentially suspicious ChatGPT use (Paul Vieira/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/…

Source: YC owns ~0.6% of OpenAI, which was seeded by a YC offshoot called YC Research in 2016; at OpenAI's current $852B valuation, the stake is worth $5B (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)
https://daringfireball.net/2026/05/y_combinators_stake_in_openai

Y Combinator’s Stake in OpenAI
The fact that Paul Graham personally has billions of dollars at stake with OpenAI doesn’t mean that his public opinion on Sam Altman’s trustworthiness and leadership is invalid. But it certainly seems like the sort of thing that ought to be disclosed when quoting Graham as an Altman character reference.

Sam Altman says "the democratic process must stay in control, and we must democratize AI" and no private company should decide the fate of the world (Sam Altman/@sama)
https://x.com/sama/status/2028642231138353299

Sam Altman (@sama) on X
(I also would like to share this, which I wrote after thinking a little more.) There is a lot we will talk about in the coming days, but since this is one of the first "real deal" decisions we have faced, I wanted to share a few things that have been heavily on my mind the past