Elon Musk and Sam Altman cofounded OpenAI, but now they're locked in a legal battle. Here's the history of their working relationship and feud.
Sam Altman-Elon Musk Feud Timeline: AI Billionaires Bark Over Trump-Endorsed Stargate AI Project
Altman and Musk were OpenAI’s founding co-chairs in 2015, but their relationship has devolved into name-calling and lawsuits.
Project Stargate: Trump Plots With Larry Ellison, Sam Altman On $500B AI Initiative
Altman Tells ChatGPT Fans To Stop The Hype On AGI & Superintelligence
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is battling rumors surrounding superintelligence and AGI (artificial general intelligence). Is ChatGPT able to perform at human levels - or better?
"It's very good": Sam Altman says OpenAI will launch o3 mini reasoning model in a couple of weeks — with API and ChatGPT simultaneously
Sam Altman says OpenAI will launch o3 mini in a couple of weeks, featuring advanced reasoning in science, code, and math.
Democratic lawmakers pen letter accusing Meta, OpenAI, Google and more of trying to 'buy favor' with Trump
Meta, Apple, Google and other tech companies have been named in a letter penned by Democratic lawmakers, accusing them of cozying up to President-elect Trump.
America needs to pull off a colossal building plan to reach a new 'Intelligence Age'
AI leaders are ready to bring a new "Intelligence Age" to the US, but several challenges await those building the infrastructure needed to get there.
TikTok Still Ticking, The $500 Billion Project Stargate, Google Buys HTC VR Tech
TikTok got a short reprieve to make a deal. Project Stargate, a $500B AI plan from OpenAI, Oracle, and Softbank, pushes Musk, Microsoft, aside. Google buys HTC VR tech.
Sam Altman claps back at Senate inquiry into Trump inaugural fund donation
OpenAI CEO and co-founder Sam Altman clapped back at two Democratic senators’ inquiry into his $1 million personal donation to President-elect Trump’s inaugural fund, quipping Friday
Soon-to-be Father Sam Altman Predicts AI Will Surpass His Child’s Intelligence
In the age of AI, the ability to ask great questions is becoming more valuable than simply memorizing facts, says OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Speaking on Adam Grant’s ReThinking podcast, Altman emphasized that understanding which questions to ask will outweigh the importance of… — Kuan Hoong (@kuanhoong) January 20, 2025
Google Joins Other Tech Giants To Donate To Trump’s Inauguration Fund
Google became the most recent large tech business to attempt to win over the incoming administration when it donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fundraiser. TakeAway Points: Google gave $1 million to the inaugural fund of President-elect Donald Trump.
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OpenAI has created an AI model for longevity science
OpenAI’s new model, called GPT-4b micro, was trained to suggest ways to re-engineer the protein factors to increase their function. According to OpenAI, researchers used the model’s suggestions to change two of the Yamanaka factors to be more than 50 times as effective—at least according to some preliminary measures.
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Why Sam Altman Joined Forces With Larry Ellison and Took a Step Back From Microsoft
As 2024 was drawing to a close, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman faced two major problems. He wasn’t getting enough server capacity from Microsoft, his company’s biggest backer, to stay ahead of rivals developing artificial intelligence.
OpenAI launches Operator, an AI agent that performs tasks autonomously
OpenAI announced that it is launching a research preview of Operator, an AI agent that can take control of a browser and perform tasks.