CEO of OpenAI
CEO of OpenAI
| Title | CEO of OpenAI Chairman of Helion Energy President of Y Combinator (until 2019) |
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| Born | 1985-04-22 · Chicago |
| Education | Stanford University (dropped out) |
| Known for | Loopt, OpenAI |
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Addressing the ongoing RAM shortage, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman argued that leaving large amounts of DRAM idle in personal computers is poor global resource allocation; cloud use can maximize utilization. The article says cloud operators and OpenAI projects have reserved much of the world’s RAM output for years, while their chip spending is raising prices for laptops, phones, and other devices.
TThe Verge
This week’s AI stories include OpenAI CEO Sam Altman saying people should accept some risks because of the technology’s benefits, and Greta Garbo’s AI-powered return.
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Reuters
Asked by Politico how OpenAI differs from AI companies seeking more regulation, CEO Sam Altman said people need to “accept some bad things” in order to gain the technology’s benefits.
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NBC News
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman argues that society should tolerate harms such as hacks and scams because AI will enable vastly more beneficial activity. He supports stronger but lighter-touch regulation, while acknowledging the risk that humans could lose control of AI systems and warning that excessive restrictions could also create danger.
TThe Verge
Cerebras shares rose 6% in premarket trading after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reassured investors that the chipmaker is a “close partner.”
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CNBC
OpenAI chief Sam Altman said the benefits of artificial intelligence justify accepting some risks.
RReuters
ChatGPT maker OpenAI has launched a new AI personal assistant. Chief executive Sam Altman says the company will delay its initial public offering until it overcomes safety concerns, as it faces competition from Meta’s Muse.
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Financial Times
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the company’s new personal AI agent, Dots, is a premium product. He also says OpenAI will eventually go public, but is taking its time before doing so.
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Bloomberg Television
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday that artificial intelligence could lead either to a new renaissance of creativity and discovery or to an industrial revolution marked by upheaval and disarray.
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The Associated Press
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged world leaders to cooperate on artificial intelligence during an extraordinary appearance before the U.N. Security Council. The discussion centered on mounting concerns that the technology could pose existential risks to humanity.
BBloomberg News
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An OpenAI spokesperson said Sam Altman is scheduled to brief the UN Security Council in New York next week, coinciding with the UN General Assembly’s annual gathering of world leaders.
RReutersOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-18 21:26
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will attend the state dinner accompanying the Trump-Xi summit in Washington. His appearance comes as Washington and Silicon Valley engage in a heated battle over AI regulation.
CCNBCOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-16 21:35
OpenAI said Wednesday that CEO Sam Altman is expected to attend U.S. President Donald Trump’s state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping.
RReutersOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-16 20:15
OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman addressed global fears about the dangers of rapidly advancing AI models at Salesforce’s Dreamforce panel in San Francisco. He said the models will become more capable and smarter than people in some ways, and acknowledged that the world is right to fear AI companies gaining too much power and influence.
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Global NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-16 16:56
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said at Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference in San Francisco that the world was right to fear some companies developing AI gaining too much power.
RReutersOriginal★★★☆☆2026-09-16 15:49
ANZ Group Holdings CEO Nuno Matos warned that the risks associated with artificial intelligence are unpredictable and declined to rule out large-scale job cuts as the bank adopts the rapidly evolving technology.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-15 10:00
U.S. President Donald Trump held a private backstage meeting with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Thursday during the Republican National Convention, MS Now reported Monday, citing three people familiar with the meeting.
RReutersOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-14 19:45
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called on Saturday for a slower pace of advanced AI development. He received rare support from SpaceXAI’s Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, fueling debate over AI “doomerism.”
RReutersOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-09-14 19:35
OpenAI chief Sam Altman has detailed how AI safety frameworks and a slowdown in development could work, as the industry increasingly unites around concerns that it could lose control of the technology.
CCNBCOriginal★★★★☆2026-09-14 08:59
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in an interview released Saturday that the company will not go public this year, citing safety concerns surrounding artificial intelligence.
FFrance 24Original★★☆☆☆2026-09-13 08:23
