Sam Altman says Musk aims to ‘slow down a competitor’ with his $97.4 billion bid for OpenAI Musk is leading a group of investors in offering to buy control of OpenAI for $97.4 billion. OpenAI CEO Altman said Musk is aiming to “slow down a competitor.”

How Sam Altman Sidestepped Elon Musk to Win Over Donald Trump After helping President Trump get elected, Elon Musk was poised to dominate the country’s A.I. policies. Then Mr. Altman sneaked into the White House.

Sam Altman posts letter from senators concerned about OpenAI efforts to ‘cozy up’ to Trump On his X account, Sam Altman posted a letter signed by Democratic senators concerned about the ways tech companies appear to be bending to Trump’s wishes.

The Biggest Takeaways From the DealBook Summit With Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman and More Trumponomics, inflation, artificial intelligence, the changing media landscape, and the Elon Musk effect — these were the big themes covered at the annual event.

Coming Up This Morning: Ken Griffin, founder of Citadel; Sam Altman, co-founder of OpenAI; Serena Williams; and former President Bill Clinton Who will be speaking at the DealBook Summit

San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie taps OpenAI’s Sam Altman and other business leaders for help with transition San Francisco’s Mayor-elect, Daniel Lurie, has begun tapping tech heavyweights and business leaders to help with his goal of overhauling the city’s image.

Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman, Tim Cook and other tech leaders congratulate Trump on election win Leaders including Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman and Tim Cook congratulated former president Trump and said they looked forward to working with his administration.

Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Surges 15% as Investor and Team Lockup Extended Decentralized identity project Worldcoin has announced that it is extending lock ups for early investors and team members, the project’s native token (WLD) rose by 13% after the announcement was published.

World Chain, Sam Altman’s Layer-2 Project, Opens to Developers This means that select developers can apply to build, test, and give feedback to Tools For Humanity, the developer firm behind Worldcoin, according to a press release shared with CoinDesk.

Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI Co-Founder Who Helped Oust Sam Altman, Starts His Own Company Ilya Sutskever’s new start-up, Safe Superintelligence, aims to build A.I. technologies that are smarter than a human but not dangerous.

Elon Musk drops suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman Elon Musk withdrew his lawsuit against OpenAI, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman on Tuesday in California state court.

Former OpenAI board member explains why CEO Sam Altman was fired Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner said board members learned about ChatGPT from Twitter and didn’t know CEO Sam Altman owned the OpenAI startup fund.

Former OpenAI board member explains why they fired Sam Altman Illustration: The VergeOn November 17th, 2023, OpenAI’s board shocked everyone by suddenly ousting co-founder and CEO Sam Altman. He had been overseeing one of the fastest-growing app launches in history with ChatGPT, so what happened? Former board member Helen Toner is filling in blank spaces in an interview on The TED AI Show podcast, providi…

OpenAI has a new safety team — it’s run by Sam Altman Illustration: The VergeOpenAI is forming a new safety team, and it’s led by CEO Sam Altman, along with board members Adam D’Angelo and Nicole Seligman. The committee will make recommendations on “critical safety and security decisions for OpenAI projects and operations” — a concern several key AI researchers shared when leaving the company this …

OpenAI creates oversight team with Sam Altman on board, begins training new model OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, said it has begun training its “next frontier model.”

Worldcoin, Sam Altman’s Crypto Project, Is Building a Layer-2 Chain The human-focused blockchain network will be based on the OP Stack, a framework for building Ethereum-based layer-2 chains.

Jony Ive and OpenAI’s Sam Altman Seeking Funding for Personal AI Device OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and former Apple design chief Jony Ive have officially teamed up to design an AI-powered personal device and are seeking funding, reports The Information. Little is known about the AI device at this time, but it won’t look like a smartphone. Altman is a major investor in the Humane AI pin, a wearable AI device that does no…

Before Altman’s Ouster, OpenAI’s Board Was Divided and Feuding Sam Altman attacked a member over a research paper that discussed the company, while directors disagreed about who should fill board vacancies open for months.

Day 5: Will Sam Altman Join Microsoft Or Return To OpenAI? via @sejournal, @kristileilani Follow live coverage of the latest updates on OpenAI’s leadership shakeup to find out if Sam Altman returns to OpenAI or joins Microsoft. The post Day 5: Will Sam Altman Join Microsoft Or Return To OpenAI? appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Polymarket Traders Betting on Sam Altman’s Fate Have Become Bipolar 24 hours ago, prediction markets were almost certain that Altman wouldn’t be back as OpenAI’s CEO. Now the market’s answer to that question has changed twice.