OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded to growing concerns about AI environmental impact by bizarrely comparing AI to humans growing through childhood. When pressed about energy consumption of his AI models, Altman responded, “It takes like 20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time before you get smart.”
India sought to make a splash in the world’s fastest-growing tech industry this week by hosting an A.I. Impact Summit in New Delhi, with a who’s-who of industry leaders and artificial intelligence visionaries on the guest list. The summit was a public-relations disaster, because the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi evidently underestimated how much rivalry and personal animosity exists in the A.I. world.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman described the progress of Chinese technology companies as “remarkable” during an interview with CNBC, praising the communist dictatorship for its “amazingly fast” AI development.
A former OpenAI researcher has publicly resigned from the AI powerhouse in protest of its decision to introduce advertisements into ChatGPT, warning that CEO Sam Altman could be following the same troubled path as Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook.
OpenAI has terminated Ryan Beiermeister, a female executive, following allegations of sexual discrimination against a male colleague. Beiermeister opposed the company’s plans to release an “adult mode” of ChatGPT.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has clarified that the AI giant’s widely reported $100 billion investment in OpenAI was never a firm commitment, describing it instead as an invitation to invest up to that amount.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Apple CEO Tim Cook have joined a growing number of corporate executives expressing concern over immigration enforcement activities. Altman stated in an internal email that ICE is “going too far” while Cook expressed that he is “heartbroken” by the death of Alex Pretti, the man who violently clashed with federal agents on multiple occasions leading to his death.
OpenAI has hired Ann O’Leary, who served on Hillary Clinton’s presidential team and led Gov. Gavin Newsom’s transition, which has shocked some close to the Trump White House.
Elon Musk has requested damages ranging from $79 billion to $134 billion from OpenAI and Microsoft in a lawsuit alleging that Sam Altman’s AI startup defrauded him by abandoning its nonprofit mission.
A senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) has raised concerns about OpenAI’s financial sustainability, predicting the AI startup could deplete its capital reserves within the next year and a half, at which point it would be swallowed by another tech giant.
Sam Altman’s OpenAI has unveiled ChatGPT Health, a new feature that enables users to securely link their medical records and wellness applications to the AI-powered chatbot.
A federal judge in California has rules that Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman contains sufficient evidence to warrant a jury trial, rejecting attempts by OpenAI’s legal team to have the case dismissed.
Sam Altman’s OpenAI, the AI company behind ChatGPT, is on the hunt for a new executive to lead its efforts in studying and preparing for potential safety risks associated with the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence technology.
OpenAI and Microsoft are facing a lawsuit claims the massively popular AI chatbot ChatGPT contributed to a Connecticut man killing his mother and then himself in August.
TIME has named Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and a cast of other tech titans as 2025’s “person of the year” under the collective moniker of “The Architects of AI.”
AI may soon reach beyond Earth as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman looks to the stars for a solution to the growing energy demands of data centers. Altman is reportedly considering an investment in a rocket company to take on bitter rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
Federal prosecutors allege that Brett Michael Dadig, a Pittsburgh man who violently stalked at least 11 women across more than five states, used ChatGPT as a “therapist” and “best friend” who encouraged him to continue terrorizing his victims.
Leading UK psychologists have expressed alarm over the dangerous and unhelpful advice ChatGPT-5, the latest version of OpenAI’s AI chatbot, is offering to individuals suffering from mental illness.
OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman told employees Monday that the company is declaring a “code red” effort to improve the quality of ChatGPT and delaying other products as a result, according to an internal memo viewed by the Wall Street Journal.
OpenAI, the creator of the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT, recently made changes to the chatbot after some users began reporting experiences that suggested they were losing touch with reality while interacting with it. Sam Altman’s company hopes to address the mental health crisis commonly referred to as “ChatGPT induced psychosis.”
Former Harvard President Larry Summers, also known for serving as Bill Clinton’s Secretary of the Treasury, has stepped down from the board of directors at AI giant OpenAI after emails revealed his long term friendship with convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.
A federal judge has ruled that Elon Musk’s X Corp. and xAI can move forward with their lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI over anticompetitive practices in the AI industry.
Families in the U.S. and Canada are suing Sam Altman’s OpenAI, claiming that loved ones have been harmed by interactions they had with the AI giant’s popular chatbot, ChatGPT. Multiple cases involve tragic suicides, with the AI telling one troubled young man, “you’re not rushing. you’re just ready. and we’re not gonna let it go out dull.”
David Sacks, President Donald Trump’s AI and crypto czar, has affirmed that there will be no federal bailout for AI companies. His comments come after OpenAI’s CFO set off a firestorm of debate by calling for federal “backstops” on loans to build AI data centers. The executive then walked back her comments, but Sacks definitely ruled out the idea.
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar stated in a recent interview that Sam Altman’s AI startup desires government support in building AI capacity. The executive claims that the U.S. government should provide a “backstop” loan guarantee for its financing deals. After her comments went viral on social media, Friar walked them back.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman became visibly irritated when questioned about the company’s massive spending despite relatively small revenues during a recent podcast interview. The question, clearly a softball from a friendly interviewer designed to set him up for a strong answer, resulted in an angry Altman telling the host to sell his shares in the AI startup.
OpenAI has signed a $38 billion deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to purchase cloud computing capacity through 2026 and beyond. This is a significant move away from Microsoft for Sam Altman’s OpenAI, which is diversifying its cloud partnerships with this deal.
George R.R. Martin of A Game of Thrones fame and a group of fellow authors have made substantial progress in their ongoing legal battle against AI giant OpenAI. The authors allege that Sam Altman’s AI giant pirated their books online, trained ChatGPT and other AI models on their works, and then allowed AI to plagiarize their works when answering user queries.
A diverse group of influential individuals, from tech pioneers to politicians, has signed a statement urging a pause in the creation of artificial intelligence that surpasses human cognitive abilities. The list, which includes the legendary “Godfathers of AI” and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak along with figures like Richard Branson, believe that superintelligent AI could lead to “human economic obsolescence and disempowerment, losses of freedom, civil liberties, dignity, and control, to national security risks and even potential human extinction.”
OpenAI’s surprise launch of its new Atlas web browser sends a clear message to Google: Sam Altman believes the tech giant’s longstanding dominance in the browser and search market is under serious threat in the AI era.
OpenAI has paused depictions of Martin Luther King Jr. in its AI video generation tool Sora after users created “disrespectful” deepfake videos of the civil rights leader.
Sam Altman’s OpenAI, the AI juggernaut behind ChatGPT, has been accused by at least seven nonprofit organizations of using aggressive legal tactics and its massive financial resources to intimidate and silence its critics.
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) is demanding that OpenAI must immediately ban the use of copyrighted material to program its new video-generating tool, Sora 2.
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, has raised $20 billion in its latest funding round, with AI hardware powerhouse Nvidia leading the investment.
AI-generated security footage generated by OpenAI’s “Sora 2” platform shows CEO Sam Altman getting caught stealing a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) from a Target store.
OpenAI has recently rolled out parental controls for ChatGPT and its video generator, Sora 2, in response to growing concerns about the AI’s safety for vulnerable users, particularly teenagers. The lawyer for a family that has accused ChatGPT of being their son’s “suicide coach” before his tragic death says the change comes “far too late.”
Sam Altman’s OpenAI is set to release a standalone app for its Sora 2 video generation AI model that will allow users to create and share AI-generated short videos in a format resembling TikTok.
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has accused rival Sam Altman’s OpenAI of stealing trade secrets with the help of former Musk employees, according to new court filings.
OpenAI has announced plans to develop an automated age-prediction system to determine whether ChatGPT users are over or under 18, following a lawsuit related to a teen’s suicide. The teen’s parents claim that Sam Altman’s AI chatbot served as the boy’s “suicide coach.”
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reignited controversy surrounding the mysterious death of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji, claiming that the 26-year-old software engineer was murdered. The Tech tycoon was responding to a recent interview of OpenAI chief Sam Altman by Tucker Carlson that touched on the death of Balaji.
