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This Appears to Be Why Sam Altman Actually Got Fired by OpenAI
It's been nearly 18 months since Sam Altman was unceremoniously sacked from OpenAI before being summarily reinstated just a few days later — and a new book claims to have the tea behind the stunning coup.
OpenAI reportedly mulls buying Jony Ive and Sam Altman’s AI hardware startup
OpenAI has reportedly held discussions to buy Jony Ive and Sam Altman's AI hardware startup for around $500 million.
OpenAI Eyes a Mysterious Startup Backed By Sam Altman and Former Apple Designer Jony Ive
The startup took shape after Altman and Ive were introduced by AirBnb (ABNB) CEO Brian Chesky, a close friend of Altman who has previously worked with Ive’s design studio LoveFrom, which Ive launched shortly after leaving Apple in 2019. Ive spent nearly three decades at Apple honing the company’s distinct sleek aesthetic.

OpenAI, Elon Musk

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OpenAI Countersues Elon Musk, Claims Harassment
Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman cofounded OpenAI in 2015, but Musk left before the company became a technology star. Recently Musk, who went on to create his own AI firm, xAI, in 2
OpenAI Says Musk’s ‘Relentless’ Campaign to Hurt It Must Stop
OpenAI accused Elon Musk of waging a “relentless” campaign for more than a year to damage the startup and urged a court to order him to stop.
OpenAI attorneys call for Elon Musk to be enjoined from ‘further unlawful and unfair action’
The dramatic suit between OpenAI and its estranged co-founder, billionaire Elon Musk, shows no sign of letting up. In a filing Wednesday, attorneys for OpenAI and the other defendants in the case, including CEO Sam Altman,
Sam Altman's ouster as OpenAI CEO was reportedly a cocktail of deception and toxicity, with Microsoft at the center of it all
An exclusive report by The Wall Street Journal details how Microsoft unveiled OpenAI's unreleased GPT-4 to the world without ...
Sam Altman says OpenAI's new releases make him feel like a 'YC founder' building things in public all over again
Altman said last week that OpenAI's "GPUs are melting" after the company rolled out new image generation features.
OpenAI’s Sam Altman breaks silence on copyright issues related to Ghibli-style image generation
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman defended the viral Ghibli-style AI art trend as a net societal benefit despite copyright concerns.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman opens up on Studio Ghibli Founder's "insult to life" criticism of AI-generated art: It has not been a complete win, but I think….
Sam Altman defends AI-generated art as a societal benefit, despite criticism from Studio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki. While ...
Coalition urges California attorney general to halt OpenAI’s for-profit restructuring
A petition signed by nonprofits, foundations and labor groups was sent to the state attorney general on Wednesday, urging him ...
Elon Musk-Sam Altman fight over OpenAI overhaul set for March trial
A US federal judge called for an expedited trial on the ‘core’ claim from Musk’s 2024 lawsuit that OpenAI’s restructuring ...
ChatGPT overload? Sam Altman pushes GPT-5 to later date, confirms new model launches this month
OpenAI is developing GPT-5, which will unify its o-series and GPT-series models for more complex reasoning tasks. The release ...
1Sam Altman Backtracks On o3 Cancellation, Plans To Release Model In Anticipation...
OpenAI reverses course, plans to release o3 and o4 models in weeks before unveiling GPT-5 in 2025, competing with Google, ...