Sam Altman AI News & Updates
OpenAI DevDay 2025: Company Expands Beyond AI Models Into Devices, Browsers, and Social Media
OpenAI is hosting its third annual developer conference, DevDay 2025, on October 6th in San Francisco with over 1,500 attendees expected. The event will feature announcements, keynotes from executives including CEO Sam A...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Discusses GPT-5 Reception and Company's Expansion Beyond AI Models
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman hosted tech reporters for dinner following GPT-5's launch, which performed on par with competitors rather than exceeding expectations like GPT-4 did. Altman outlined OpenAI's broader ambitions beyon...
Sam Altman Co-Founding Brain-Computer Interface Startup to Challenge Neuralink
Sam Altman is reportedly co-founding Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface startup valued at $850 million, with potential funding from OpenAI's ventures team. The company will compete directly with Elon Musk's Neuralink...
Watchdog Groups Launch 'OpenAI Files' Project to Demand Transparency and Governance Reform in AGI Development
Two nonprofit tech watchdog organizations have launched "The OpenAI Files," an archival project documenting governance concerns, leadership integrity issues, and organizational culture problems at OpenAI. The project aim...
OpenAI CEO Envisions ChatGPT Storing Users' Entire Life History
Sam Altman, OpenAI's CEO, shared his vision for ChatGPT to eventually store and reason across a user's entire life history, including all conversations, books, emails, and other data. He noted that young people already u...
OpenAI Considers $500 Million Acquisition of Altman-Ive AI Hardware Startup
OpenAI is reportedly considering acquiring io Products, an AI hardware startup co-founded by former Apple design chief Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, for approximately $500 million. The startup, which has received f...
OpenAI Announces Plans for First 'Open' Language Model Since GPT-2
OpenAI has announced plans to release its first 'open' language model since GPT-2 in the coming months, with a focus on reasoning capabilities similar to o3-mini. The company is actively seeking feedback from developers,...
Musk Makes $97.4 Billion Bid for OpenAI, Altman Dismisses Offer
Elon Musk has reportedly made a $97.4 billion bid to acquire OpenAI, which would be one of the largest tech acquisitions in history. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman quickly dismissed the offer, responding with a suggestion he coul...
Altman Dismisses Musk's OpenAI Bid as Competitive Tactic
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed Elon Musk's $97.4 billion bid for OpenAI's nonprofit arm as an attempt to slow down the company. At the AI Action Summit in Paris, Altman characterized Musk as an insecure competitor who h...
Altman Considers "Compute Budget" Concept, Warns of AI's Unequal Benefits
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman proposed a "compute budget" concept to ensure AI benefits are widely distributed, acknowledging that technological progress doesn't inherently lead to greater equality. Altman claims AGI is approach...