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Sam Altman, the tech CEO behind ChatGPT, is also a big supporter of psychedelics.OpenAI cofounder shared some personal anecdotes in a recent appearance on the podcast “Life in Seven Songs,” saying that doing psychedelics was one of the most transformative experiences of his life. Altman said psychedelic experiences can be…
The group will consist only of independent board members, providing relief to critics who questioned if the committee could really serve its function as a watchdog if its CEO was part of it. Bret Taylor, OpenAI’s chair, has also stepped down from the committee.The committee was first formed in May,…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he regularly communicates and works with the US government.The billionaire discussed his working relationship with Washington, DC, in a primetime interview with Oprah Winfrey on Thursday.”I personally probably have a conversation with someone in the government every few days,” Altman told Winfrey.Winfrey’s special, “AI and…
OpenAI is pushing back against a first-of-its-kind bill to regulate the AI industry in California — causing some of the company’s former employees too again question the company’s commitment to safety.Earlier this week, OpenAI published a letter opposing recent changes made to SB 1047, a new bill circling through Sacramento…
OpenAI is barely a decade old, but nearly three-quarters of its founding team has left its top ranks since its inception. On Monday, the company’s cofounder and head of its alignment science efforts, John Schulman, said he’d “made the difficult decision” to leave OpenAI for its rival Anthropic.”This choice stems…
“It’s really important that we bring society along and that we’re not operating in this black box and people think there’s only a few people controlling the future,” Chesky said in an interview with NBC News’s Lester Holt at the Aspen Ideas Festival on Thursday. Altman joined Chesky for the…
Of all the world-altering things possible in our new AI era, one decidedly old-fashioned thing is not going anywhere: the personality hire.A “personality hire” is someone who contributes to a team with soft skills like their dazzling charm. There’s a connotation that personality hires might not actually be good at…
Sam Altman and his venture funds have reportedly invested in more than 400 companies.The Wall Street Journal reported that Altman is one of Silicon Valley’s most prolific individual investors, with holdings worth more than $2.8 billion as of early this year.The CEO does not own a stake in OpenAI, which…
This has been the week of dueling op-eds from former and current OpenAI board members.Current OpenAI board members Bret Taylor and Larry Summers issued a response to AI safety concerns on Thursday, stating that “the board is taking commensurate steps to ensure safety and security.”The response comes a few days…
The 39-year-old Stanford dropout has talked about turning OpenAI into a regular, for-profit company, The Information reported on Wednesday, citing an individual who’d spoken to Altman.Unlike most companies, OpenAI says it is run as a “capped-profit” company, with its for-profit arm governed by a nonprofit.The company announced in a March…
