Sam Altman

OpenAI: Will Microsoft Move from Shareholder to Owner?

At a board meeting last week at OpenAI, Sam Altman was presenting a strategy that would reverse the losses of ChatGPT and render a profit within three months. It involved a cost-sharing idea whereby the AI tool would prioritise information linked to participating, fee-paying commercial partners. This would achieve one significant goal. Namely, the major […]

I’ll Be Back

Sam Altman Returns In a post published just hours ago on X, OpenAI have announced that Sam Altman returns as CEO. The gang of four who threw him out are gone. And a new board will take the company forward. It is understood that Netflix already has 6 scripts in contention and will be negotiating […]

Sam Altman’s Previous Employers Get Rebranded

So Let’s Have a Recap, Shall We? Day 1. First, AI media superstar Sam Altman leaves the company he started. The Board of OpenAI says he was ‘less than candid’ with them, but offers nothing more by way of explanation. Day 2. The technology chief, Mira Murati – a staunch acolyte of Mr. Altman, was […]

Does the Appointment of this Prophet of Doom Foretell OpenAI's Future?

Emmet Shear Takes Over From Sam Altman The co-founder and ex-CEO of Twitch TV has taken on the OpenAI seat vacated by Sam Altman and Mira Murati. Admittedly, the latter didn’t last 48 hours and Emmet’s position has been communicated to the media as an ‘interim’ appointment. Nonetheless, it’s still a statement of intent from […]

Former OpenAI Chief, Sam Altman, Will Join Microsoft

Sam Altman, former head of OpenAI, is set to join Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research division, announced Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s CEO, on the social platform X. The announcement came as an attempt to quash rumors of Altman’s potential return to OpenAI, following his dismissal on Saturday. Emmett Shear, previously the CEO of […]