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Sam Altman

The latest news on Sam Altman, American entrepreneur, investor and CEO of OpenAI, including celebrity news and updates.

Born

22 Apr 1985

Industry

Technology, Business

Job Title

CEO of OpenAI

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes a keynote speech during the Meta Connect annual event, at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on September 25, 2024. Photo: Reuters

Artificial intelligence

Meta’s AI lab is stacked with Chinese talent, drawing attention back home

Seven of 11 publicly listed recruits at the new Meta Superintelligence Labs graduated from prestigious Chinese universities before moving to US.

4 Jul 2025 - 7:00AM

Artificial intelligence

Meta bolsters AI team with top OpenAI talent from China

30 Jun 2025 - 6:00PM

Artificial intelligence

OpenAI: Zhipu AI is fuelling China’s global push for US tech alternatives

26 Jun 2025 - 5:01PM

Banking & finance

Opinion | We’re sleeping on threats from AI, shadow banking and cryptocurrency

The financial industry’s use of emerging technologies could lead to cascading crises if regulators don’t act fast to enforce transparency.

26 Jun 2025 - 6:03AMvideocam

People walk past a cryptocurrency exchange office in Hong Kong with a screen showing US President Donald Trump holding cryptocurrency coins, on March 12. Photo: AFP / Getty Images / TNS

Britain

Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning identification tech expands to UK

The Orb scan creates a digital credential, called World ID, based on the unique properties of a person’s iris.

9 Jun 2025 - 11:40AM

Artificial intelligence

The kids are alright: Hong Kong AI scientist offers a vision for ‘parenting’ AI

HKUST scientist De Kai says AI is more akin to climate change than a geopolitical challenge, requiring a new way of thinking.

8 Jun 2025 - 9:00AMvideocam

Artificial intelligence

OpenAI buys iPhone designer Jony Ive’s secretive hardware start-up

The ChatGPT maker wants its own hardware platform to avoid selling software through Apple iOS or Google’s Android, analysts say.

22 May 2025 - 11:00AM

Artificial intelligence

Musk, who is suing Microsoft, also software giant’s guest in Grok AI partnership

Grok 3, which Musk’s AI outfit introduced earlier this year, will be available on Microsoft’s cloud-computing platform.

20 May 2025 - 12:10PM

China trade

China, US sign duelling deals after agreeing to trade war truce

Following their tariff reductions, China and the US have unveiled major investments – Beijing in Brazil and Washington in the Middle East.

15 May 2025 - 1:53PMvideocam

DeepSeek

From gifted student to AI hero, DeepSeek founder inspires a nation

Hailing from an obscure village in southern China, Liang Wenfeng has risen from humble roots to become a household name.

19 Apr 2025 - 11:00AM

Artificial intelligence

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 plan is unlawful.

5 Apr 2025 - 11:52AM

Elon Musk, left, and Sam Altman worked together to found OpenAI in 2015. Photo: Shutterstock

Artificial intelligence

ChatGPT usage hits record as Studio Ghibli-style AI images go viral

Active users, in-app subscription revenue and app downloads of ChatGPT reached an all-time high, according to external data.

2 Apr 2025 - 10:45AM

Icons and Influencers

Meet ‘Silicon’s Valley’s Trump Whisperer’, tech adviser Jacob Helberg

Among Donald Trump’s lesser-known confidants is Jacob Helberg, a Jewish, LGBT ‘China hawk’ who was recently appointed undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy and the environment.

31 Mar 2025 - 10:58AM

Art

Are ChatGPT’s Studio Ghibli-style AI images fun memes or copyright breach?

AI images mimicking Studio Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki’s intricate style have delighted fans, but what did ChatGPT train on to make them?

28 Mar 2025 - 2:13PM

ChatGPT can create images in the style of Hayao Miyazaki’s anime films for Studio Ghibli, such as this one, delighting fans but raising copyright concerns. Photo: X/lycfyi

Artificial intelligence

ChatGPT can now create charts for work and edit photos better

The new capabilities are available to both free and paid users via OpenAI’s GPT-4o model.

26 Mar 2025 - 9:49AMvideocam

OpenAI has brought image generation to GPT-4o. Photo: AFP via Getty Images/TNS

United States

OpenAI’s Sam Altman sues sister for defamation over sex abuse claims

Ann Altman alleged that her brother abused her while they were growing up in Missouri in the late 1990s to early 2000s.

8 Mar 2025 - 2:21PM

DeepSeek

DeepSeek shows potential of V3, R1 models with theoretical 545% profit margin

Theoretical margin was based on a 24-hour run, actual revenue may be lower because of cheaper pricing, off-peak discounts and free-to-use options.

2 Mar 2025 - 6:15PMvideocam

DeepSeek

DeepSeek ends week-long marathon to disclose AI model details

Some AI developers are already using DeepSeek’s open-sourced techniques to improve efficiency.

28 Feb 2025 - 7:00PMvideocam

A DeepSeek sign seen at the building where the start-up’s office is located in Beijing. Photo: Reuters

Artificial intelligence

OpenAI releases long-awaited GPT-4.5 model for Pro subscribers

OpenAI researchers expect GPT-4.5 to represent a big a jump in capabilities from its existing top-of-the-line GPT model.

28 Feb 2025 - 10:00AM

Elon Musk

OpenAI board rejects Elon Musk’s US$97.4 billion offer

The ChatGPT maker is not for sale, the board says, as Musk tries to block the start-up from becoming a for-profit firm.

15 Feb 2025 - 1:36PM

Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek spurs Baidu, other AI competitors to adopt open-source strategy

Baidu on Friday said the next generation of its Ernie large language models will be open source from June 30.

14 Feb 2025 - 6:30PM

Artificial intelligence

OpenAI to simplify product offerings, merging o3 with GPT-5

US companies face greater investor scrutiny over their massive spending after Chinese start-up DeepSeek unveiled a low-cost AI model.

13 Feb 2025 - 10:41AM

OpenAI will not release o3 as a stand-alone model, CEO Sam Atlman says. Photo: AP Photo

Artificial intelligence

OpenAI keen ‘to work with China’, CEO Sam Altman says, amid DeepSeek’s advances

Altman’s about-face from OpenAI’s tough stance on China reflects how Hangzhou-based start-up DeepSeek upended the global AI industry.

12 Feb 2025 - 7:30PM

DeepSeek

OpenAI’s Sam Altman says DeepSeek does ‘nice work’ with AI chatbot

The CEO of the ChatGPT creator also says he is going to meet the Chinese start-up, thought not at the AI Action Summit in Paris.

11 Feb 2025 - 10:10AMvideocam

DeepSeek

DeepSeek ends promotional pricing amid surging popularity, secures AI.com nod

DeepSeek has raised the price of accessing its V3 model via API for the first time since it exploded in popularity last month.

10 Feb 2025 - 8:18PMvideocam

DeepSeek

World’s top AI brains debate if DeepSeek’s model is a game changer

Experts weigh in on how quickly China is catching up on the US in AI, as DeepSeek takes an open-source approach.

3 Feb 2025 - 9:00PM

DeepSeek has been making waves in the global AI community. Photo: Reuters

Artificial intelligence

Explainer | How start-up DeepSeek emerged as the unlikely game changer in US-China AI war

From visionary founder Liang Wenfeng to a young team of dedicated scientists, DeepSeek is taking the road less traveled in AI.

29 Jan 2025 - 7:00AMvideocam

Artificial intelligence

China poised to expand AI infrastructure to keep pace with US Stargate project

Chinese local governments, telecommunications firms and Big Tech companies have been building new AI facilities over the past few years.

23 Jan 2025 - 9:15PM

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