Sam Altman’s anti-human worldview

Sam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AI

The OpenAI CEO sought to distinguish his policy stance from rival developer Anthropic.

“The problem is Sam Altman”: OpenAI insiders don’t trust CEO

OpenAI brainstorms ways AI can benefit humanity in effort to counter bad vibes.

Sam Altman thinks ‘the world should accept some bad things happening’ for the good of AI.

In an interview with Brendan Bordelon of Politico, Altman said this was a fundamental difference between OpenAI and Anthropic. He believes that “for the benefits of this technology” (rather than the benefit of humanity), we should just deal with “bad things happening.” [Link: Sam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AI | https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/04/sam-altman-decoded-interview-ai-01106217 | Politico]

Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?

New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.

Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?

New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.

What the heck is wrong with our AI overlords?

New profile of Sam Altman shines a light on a whole industry.

"Like Magic Intelligence in the Cloud", 2025.05.26 - Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000

Because Sam Altman hates opening his laptop, OpenAI is merging with iPhone guy Jony Ive's design firm in the name of some mysterious new ChatGPT-enabled consumer products: Alex and Emily go full Mystery Science Theater and dissect the announcement video. Plus how tech billionaires like Sam Altman mythologize San Francisco while their money makes it less livable for everyone else.References:Sam Altman and Jony Ive are merging (Video)Emplacedness, real estate, and gentrification in San FranciscoAnthropic? More like anthropomorphicKaren Hao on her new book

OpenAI ‘in early talks to give 5% stake to US government’

CEO Sam Altman argued move would share benefits of AI and it would involve other firms doing similar, report says

An Interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman About Building a Consumer Tech Company

An interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about building OpenAI and ChatGPT, and what it means to be an accidental consumer tech company.

Sam Altman’s second thoughts

OpenAI’s CEO is asking the public to lower the temperature on AI. But who turned it up in the first place?

OpenAI’s Hacking Debacle Comes Down to Human Error

If the generative AI giant had followed well-known security best practices, it’s likely that its AI agent would never have escaped to the open internet and hacked multiple companies.

Why Centralized AI Is Not Our Inevitable Future

Sam Altman’s vision of a “gentle singularity” where AI gradually transforms society presents an alluring future of abundance and human flourishing. His optimism about AI’s p…

Effective Altruism Is Pushing a Dangerous Brand of ‘AI Safety’

This philosophy—supported by tech figures like Sam Bankman-Fried—fuels the AI research agenda, creating a harmful system in the name of saving humanity

Apple Can ‘Distill’ Google’s Big Gemini Model

Before we get to today’s column, we wanted to flag OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s major reorg, the company’s new "Spud” model and its decision to shut down the Sora video app and application programming interface, which we scooped on Tuesday. (For what the company’s organizational structure looks like ...

Attorney General Marshall Launches Investigation Into OpenAI and Sam Altman for Massive Artificial Intelligence Data Breach - Alabama Attorney General's Office

For Immediate Release:August 24, 2026