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OpenAI CEO Says AI’s Benefits Are Worth ‘Bad Things Happening’
Artificial Intelligence // October 05, 2026

OpenAI’s CEO says the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) are worth some of its risks. Sam Altman made that argument Sunday (Oct. 4) in an interview with Politico’s Decoded newsletter as he outlined the philosophical differences between his company and the worldview held by rival AI startup Anthropic....

OpenAI Pauses IPO Plans Amid AI Safety Worries
News // September 13, 2026

OpenAI has reportedly postponed plans to go public amid corporate concerns about artificial intelligence safety. The AI startup’s initial public offering (IPO) will not take place in 2026, CEO Sam Altman said in an interview with Fortune on Friday (Sept. 11), saying that OpenAI has...

Sam Altman Voices Support for Federal AI Guardrails During DC Visit
Artificial Intelligence // July 29, 2026

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with U.S. lawmakers Wednesday (July 29) and told reporters later that he supports federal artificial intelligence legislation, Bloomberg reported. Altman said that he didn’t discuss specific legislative proposals but that he was “certainly” supportive of AI cybersecurity guardrail legislation, according...

Musk and Altman Sling Scam Accusations Following Apple Lawsuit
Artificial Intelligence // July 12, 2026

Last week, Apple sued OpenAI, accusing the artificial intelligence startup of stealing trade secrets. Soon after, the lawsuit sparked a social media dustup between two other partners-turned rivals: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Responding to a post about the lawsuit on...

Interviews & Exclusives
Sam Altman Aims to Make AI the New Internet

September 24, 2025
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman used his personal blog this week to outline a sweeping vision for artificial intelligence. In a post titled “Abundant Intelligence,” he called for AI to become as universal as electricity and said delivering it at scale will require industrial-level infrastructure backed by massive investment. “Our vision is simple: we want to […]

OpenAI Plans Grand Expansion While Losing Billions. Sound Familiar?

February 13, 2025
From its genesis as a small nonprofit startup in Silicon Valley in 2015, OpenAI has transformed itself into the top artificial intelligence (AI) company today, a status minted by ChatGPT,...

Meta Chief AI Scientist Slams Quest for Human-Level Intelligence

January 08, 2025
Meta’s Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun on Wednesday (Jan. 8) criticized prevailing definitions of artificial general intelligence (AGI), arguing that continued scaling of text-based large language models alone will not...

Altman-Backed Slope’s Bid to Create GPT Business Payments

October 10, 2023
The business-to-business (B2B) payments economy represents a $125 trillion opportunity for the right innovation to unlock. But those trillions of dollars being shuffled around between businesses don’t sit lightly — and...

Quick Reads
Sam Altman’s World Debuts ID Verification for AI Agents

October 18, 2026
Sam Altman’s iris-scanning project World is making what it calls its “first industry-specific push.” The company on Sunday (Oct. 18) announced World ID for banking and finance, designed to help businesses determine whether artificial intelligence agents are moving money and shopping on behalf of an actual person. World’s AgentKit, now in beta, lets a person […]

OpenAI CEO Says AI’s Benefits Are Worth ‘Bad Things Happening’

October 05, 2026
OpenAI’s CEO says the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) are worth some of its risks. Sam Altman made that argument Sunday (Oct. 4) in an interview with Politico’s Decoded newsletter as he outlined...

OpenAI Pauses IPO Plans Amid AI Safety Worries

September 13, 2026
OpenAI has reportedly postponed plans to go public amid corporate concerns about artificial intelligence safety. The AI startup’s initial public offering (IPO) will not take place in 2026, CEO Sam...

Sam Altman Voices Support for Federal AI Guardrails During DC Visit

July 29, 2026
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with U.S. lawmakers Wednesday (July 29) and told reporters later that he supports federal artificial intelligence legislation, Bloomberg reported. Altman said that he didn’t discuss...