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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

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Technology, Business

Job Title

CEO of OpenAI

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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.

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Art

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

28 Mar 2025 - 2:13PM

Artificial intelligence

ChatGPT can now create charts for work and edit photos better

26 Mar 2025 - 9:49AMvideocam

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

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

OpenAI has previewed its GPT-4.5 model to a select group of users. Photo: Reuters

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

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman says it is important for the company to collaborate with China. Photo: Shutterstock

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

DeepSeek’s team of young scientists is made up almost exclusively of Chinese nationals from some of the top schools in the country. Photo: Shutterstock

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

Artificial intelligence

Moonshot AI founder’s dispute with 5 investors up for arbitration in Hong Kong

The five firms that invested in Moonshot AI founder Yang Zhilin’s last venture, Recurrent AI, claim he has ‘uncleared liability’.

10 Dec 2024 - 9:00AM

Artificial intelligence

OpenAI, defence tech firm Anduril team up to build AI for anti-drone systems

The partnership comes at a pivotal period in the accelerating race between the US and China to dominate AI for military purposes.

5 Dec 2024 - 4:27PM

The OpenAI-Anduril partnership is expected to help address “urgent” gaps in air-defence capabilities around the world. Photo: Shutterstock

US presidential election 2024

Here’s how US billionaires and their employees are approaching the election

From Silicon Valley to Wall Street, some company executives are mega donors while others are staying neutral.

28 Oct 2024 - 3:37PM

Artificial intelligence

OpenAI valuation to reach US$150 billion in latest fundraising round

The US start-up is also in talks to raise US$5 billion in debt from banks in the form of a revolving credit facility, a source says.

12 Sep 2024 - 11:30AM

United States

‘Deceived’: Musk suing ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman, again

Musk is once again suing OpenAI, this time claiming he was ‘deceived’ into confounding the firm

5 Aug 2024 - 8:28PM

Musk’s lawyers claim that OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman “manipulated” him by playing on his concerns about AI safety. Photo: Pool/Reuters

Artificial intelligence

Letters | OpenAI’s behaviour is a violation of basic human dignity

Readers discuss OpenAIs’ use of a synthetic voice evoking Scarlett Johansson, how a four-day work week could benefit Hong Kong’s labour market, and the importance of work-life balance for teachers

1 Jun 2024 - 11:30AM

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the Microsoft Build conference in Redmond, Washington on May 21. Altman and OpenAI have come under criticism for creating a synthetic voice that sounds remarkably like actress Scarlett Johansson without her permission. Photo: AFP

Technology

Inside Out | How will the world satisfy AI’s voracious appetite for electricity?

It’s not just how we can produce and afford the electricity, but also how we ensure we don’t aggravate global warming and squeeze domestic water supplies.

17 Mar 2024 - 9:15PMvideocam

TikTok

Can ByteDance have its TikTok cake and eat it too?

Caught between demands from Washington and Beijing, ByteDance has chosen the route of resistance in the US.

16 Mar 2024 - 10:49AMvideocam

Artificial intelligence

ChatGPT creator OpenAI slams Elon Musk’s claims as ‘incoherent’ in court filing

In its first legal response to Musk’s lawsuit, OpenAI said the tech billionaire’s allegations against it are ‘contrived’ and based on ‘the terms of his fictitious contract’ with the start-up.

12 Mar 2024 - 1:23PM

Artificial intelligence

Sam Altman to return to OpenAI’s board after investigation over shock sacking

The CEO of the ChatGPT maker was ousted in November, a decision reversed 4 days later as employees threatened to quit.

9 Mar 2024 - 8:01AMvideocam

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman takes part in a discussion during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit in San Francisco in November. Photo: AP

Artificial intelligence

Elon Musk wanted OpenAI to merge with Tesla, start-up founders say

OpenAI’s response hits at the heart of a lawsuit filed by Musk, who accused the start-up of breaching their founding agreement to develop AI for the benefit of humanity.

7 Mar 2024 - 3:44PMvideocam

Artificial intelligence

Opinion | AI boom echoes the dotcom bubble, but not in the way you think

After the dotcom bubble burst, a glut of infrastructure looked like a mistake, but it laid the foundation for the internet’s eventual growth. Today’s AI investments may lower the cost of computing power and provide the basis for future breakthroughs, even if they precede a market correction.

5 Mar 2024 - 8:30PMvideocam

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