Sam Altman
Google Launches Gemini 3: Tech Giants Musk and Altman React to Latest AI Breakthrough
Nov 19, 2025 12:53 pm CST
Google has unveiled Gemini 3, its most advanced AI model to date, combining enhanced reasoning, multimodal understanding, and agentic functionality. Industry leaders Elon Musk and Sam Altman offered congratulations on the launch, which represents a significant evolution in artificial intelligence capabilities across Google's ecosystem, from Search to the new Antigravity development platform.
OpenAI Unveils GPT 5.1: Enhanced AI With More Human-Like Conversations and Improved Reasoning
Nov 13, 2025 05:41 pm CST
OpenAI has launched GPT 5.1, bringing significant upgrades to ChatGPT with warmer conversations, better reasoning, and new customization options. Available in two variants - Instant and Thinking - the update improves instruction following and offers six personality styles. Rolling out first to paid users on November 13, this update represents OpenAI's continued advancement in making AI interactions more natural and efficient.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Rejects Government Guarantees While Projecting $20 Billion Revenue Run Rate
Nov 07, 2025 09:50 am CST
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has declared the company doesn't seek government guarantees for data centers while projecting over $20 billion annual revenue run rate by year-end. With $1.4 trillion in commitments planned over eight years and partnerships with Nvidia and AMD, the ChatGPT creator emphasizes market forces should determine success amid growing concerns about AI investment returns.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Envisions AI Taking His Job: "Shame On Me If OpenAI Isn't First With An AI Chief Executive"
Nov 07, 2025 12:02 am CST
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman predicts artificial intelligence will eventually outperform human executives and aims for his company to pioneer the first AI chief executive. Despite acknowledging society's reluctance to trust AI leadership, Altman believes departmental AI management could arrive within years, while revealing farming as his post-CEO aspiration.
OpenAI Secures Landmark $38 Billion Infrastructure Deal With Amazon AWS to Scale AI Development
Nov 04, 2025 12:59 am CST
OpenAI has signed a major $38 billion infrastructure agreement with Amazon AWS, providing the AI company with crucial computing resources including hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GPUs. The seven-year partnership aims to strengthen the computing ecosystem necessary for advancing frontier AI technology, representing OpenAI's first significant deal since its organizational restructuring and adding to its growing portfolio of tech partnerships with industry giants.
Carnegie Mellon Professor Leads Critical AI Safety Panel at OpenAI with Authority to Block Unsafe Releases
Nov 03, 2025 02:19 am CST
Carnegie Mellon professor Zico Kolter heads OpenAI's Safety and Security Committee, a crucial oversight panel with authority to halt AI releases deemed unsafe. As OpenAI transitions to a new business structure, Kolter's role gains significance in ensuring safety concerns outweigh financial considerations in the development of powerful AI systems. The panel addresses both existential risks and immediate concerns like mental health impacts of AI interaction.
Sam Altman's Failed $50,000 Tesla Roadster Refund After 7.5-Year Wait Highlights Tesla's Production Delays
Oct 31, 2025 03:35 pm CST
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shares his unsuccessful attempt to obtain a $50,000 refund for a Tesla Roadster reservation made 7.5 years ago. His experience mirrors that of tech YouTuber MKBHD, highlighting Tesla's complex refund process and the continued delays in the Roadster's production despite its promising specifications announced in 2017.
OpenAI Plans Potential $1 Trillion IPO Filing By 2026 As Altman Seeks Capital For Ambitious AI Goals
Oct 30, 2025 03:25 pm CST
OpenAI is preparing for what could be one of history's largest IPOs, potentially valuing the AI leader at $1 trillion. Sources indicate the company may file with regulators as early as late 2026, with plans to raise at least $60 billion to fund CEO Sam Altman's ambitious agenda, though CFO Sarah Friar reportedly targets a 2027 listing timeframe.
Sam Altman's $1.4 Trillion Vision: Inside OpenAI's Ambitious Scale-Up Plan Following Microsoft Deal
Oct 29, 2025 09:14 pm CST
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman unveils an unprecedented $1.4 trillion plan to develop 30 gigawatts of computing resources following a landmark restructuring deal with Microsoft. As the company pivots toward a potential IPO, Altman aims to transform the $500 billion enterprise into an AI powerhouse generating hundreds of billions in annual revenue, despite skepticism about funding feasibility and criticism from former associates including Elon Musk.
Microsoft Maintains 27% Stake in OpenAI as Companies Restructure $135 Billion AI Partnership
Oct 28, 2025 11:39 pm CST
Microsoft and OpenAI have restructured their landmark AI partnership, with Microsoft retaining a 27% stake valued at $135 billion while OpenAI transitions to a public benefit corporation. The new agreement provides both companies greater independence while maintaining collaboration through 2032, with OpenAI committing to $250 billion in Azure cloud services and gaining freedom to develop products with third parties.