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  • Indian-origin brain expert from Harvard joins Sam Altman's OpenAI. Meet Akshay Jagadeesh

    Indian-origin brain expert from Harvard joins Sam Altman's OpenAI. Meet Akshay Jagadeesh

    After nearly a decade studying human visual perception, Akshay Jagadeesh will focus on safety research and AI for health as a research resident at Sam Altman’s OpenAI.

  • OpenAI in early talks to bring $500 billion Stargate supercomputing project to India: Report

    OpenAI in early talks to bring $500 billion Stargate supercomputing project to India: Report

    Companies in the mix include Sify Technologies, Yotta Data Services, E2E Networks and CtrlS Datacenters.

  • Watch neon-clad OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pitch his first startup at 19. Viral video

    Watch neon-clad OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pitch his first startup at 19. Viral video

    The now-viral video has sparked nostalgia and admiration for the then-Stanford dropout’s early ambition. At its peak, Loopt, Sam Altman's first startup, boasted five million registered users and partnerships with every major US carrier.

  • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he can't remember the last time he searched on Google

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he can't remember the last time he searched on Google

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says it’s been so long since he last used Google Search that he “cannot tell” when it was — a telling sign of how much he now relies on ChatGPT, even as his company partners with Google on cloud infrastructure.

  • Sam Altman reportedly backing startup to rival Elon Musk’s Neuralink

    Sam Altman reportedly backing startup to rival Elon Musk’s Neuralink

    Sam Altman is reportedly co-founding Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface startup potentially backed by OpenAI’s ventures team, aiming to compete with Elon Musk’s Neuralink. The project is in early stages, with no official confirmation yet.

  • Elon Musk’s GrokAI betrays him in fight against Sam Altman, accuses Musk of boosting his posts on X

    Elon Musk’s GrokAI betrays him in fight against Sam Altman, accuses Musk of boosting his posts on X

    The drama began when Musk accused Apple of rigging the App Store in OpenAI’s favor. He claimed this made it impossible for other AI companies to hit the top spot.

  • 'Your bullshit post got...', Elon Musk hits back at Sam Altman as he calls OpenAI CEO a liar

    'Your bullshit post got...', Elon Musk hits back at Sam Altman as he calls OpenAI CEO a liar

    The war of words between Elon Musk and Sam Altman has taken another swipe-filled turn. After Altman accused Musk of hypocrisy over Apple–OpenAI bias claims, Musk fired back.

  • Why Sam Altman worries more about 62-year-olds than 22-year-olds in the AI job shift

    Why Sam Altman worries more about 62-year-olds than 22-year-olds in the AI job shift

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says AI will help 22-year-olds thrive, but warns 62-year-olds may struggle to adapt. Here’s why he sees older workers at greater risk in the AI job shift.

  • Sam Altman fires back at Elon Musk’s Apple–OpenAI bias allegations

    Sam Altman fires back at Elon Musk’s Apple–OpenAI bias allegations

    Sam Altman has hit back at Elon Musk’s claims that Apple is giving OpenAI an unfair boost in the App Store’s AI rankings. While Musk threatened legal action, Altman used the opportunity to lob a not-so-subtle counterpunch — and a thinly veiled dig at Musk’s own business practices.

  • Musk shares video of Huang delivering the first AI-optimised GPU to OpenAI in 2016. Watch

    Musk shares video of Huang delivering the first AI-optimised GPU to OpenAI in 2016. Watch

    Elon Musk was, at the time, a co-founder of OpenAI. Years later, he left the company, launched xAI, a direct competitor, and sued OpenAI over its shift to a for-profit model.

  • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on why he isn’t worried about Meta offering crazy salaries for "shiny names" in AI

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on why he isn’t worried about Meta offering crazy salaries for "shiny names" in AI

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman thinks the obsession with a select few may be shortsighted. Altman implied that the value of elite AI talent isn’t about résumé prestige but breakthrough potential.

  • OpenAI's Sam Altman explains why his son may not attend college

    OpenAI's Sam Altman explains why his son may not attend college

    ChatGPT maker OpenAI's CEO suggested that education won’t be the same in the next few years and the growth in the tech will lead to its evolution

  • Trusting ChatGPT with your personal problems? Sam Altman says you should think twice

    Trusting ChatGPT with your personal problems? Sam Altman says you should think twice

    In a recent podcast conversation with comedian Theo Von, Altman said users, especially young people, often talk to ChatGPT like it’s a therapist or life coach. But unlike real professionals, AI does not offer any legal confidentiality.

  • AR Rahman meets Sam Altman as they announce collaboration in upcoming AI music project Secret Mountain

    AR Rahman meets Sam Altman as they announce collaboration in upcoming AI music project Secret Mountain

    Music legend AR Rahman recently met OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to discuss their collaboration on the AI-powered project Secret Mountain. 

  • OpenAI to cross 1 million GPUs in 2025 but Sam Altman wants more

    OpenAI to cross 1 million GPUs in 2025 but Sam Altman wants more

    As AI models grow in size, complexity, and capability, they demand exponentially more compute power—particularly from GPUs, which are essential for training and running large-scale neural networks.

  • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says today’s computers weren’t built for an AI world

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says today’s computers weren’t built for an AI world

    OpenAI’s CEO says current technology wasn’t built with AI in mind — and it’s time to rethink both hardware and software for an AI-first future.

  • Ex-OpenAI employee confirms joining Meta but denies getting $100 million offer, calls it ‘fake news’

    Ex-OpenAI employee confirms joining Meta but denies getting $100 million offer, calls it ‘fake news’

    This hiring spree follows claims from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who recently accused Meta of offering OpenAI employees $100 million bonuses to jump ship

  • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on relationship with Microsoft: ‘There are points of tension but…’

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on relationship with Microsoft: ‘There are points of tension but…’

    Microsoft is OpenAI’s largest backer, having invested billions to integrate the company’s AI models into its products and services, from Azure to Copilot.

  • From coders to bystanders: Is Indian IT missing the GenAI train?

    From coders to bystanders: Is Indian IT missing the GenAI train?

    Accenture’s latest results have sent Indian IT stocks into a tailspin, but the real concern lies deeper than just weak outsourcing numbers. The sector’s inability to engage meaningfully with Generative AI poses a far bigger challenge.

  • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on why his kids will never be ‘smarter’ than AI

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on why his kids will never be ‘smarter’ than AI

    Altman, who became a father earlier this year, shared that he turned to ChatGPT constantly while learning how to care for his newborn

  • ‘Talking to an AI should be like talking to a…’, says Sam Altman as OpenAI pushes back against NYT’s ‘demands’

    ‘Talking to an AI should be like talking to a…’, says Sam Altman as OpenAI pushes back against NYT’s ‘demands’

    The legal demand comes as part of The New York Times’s lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing the companies of using copyrighted material to train AI models.

  • Sam Altman’s firing and rehiring at OpenAI was a thriller but Musk’s Twitter takeover saga could be a full-blown blockbuster

    Sam Altman’s firing and rehiring at OpenAI was a thriller but Musk’s Twitter takeover saga could be a full-blown blockbuster

    Altman’s boardroom drama at OpenAI is getting the movie it deserves. But Musk’s Twitter takeover is the kind of story you can’t script, unless the script is written in real-time, 280 characters at a time.

  • OpenAI’s shocking decision to fire and then rehire CEO Sam Altman is now becoming a Hollywood film: Here’s who might be playing him

    OpenAI’s shocking decision to fire and then rehire CEO Sam Altman is now becoming a Hollywood film: Here’s who might be playing him

    The film is called Artificial and is reportedly being developed by Amazon MGM Studios, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It’s going to tell the story of those dramatic days in November 2023 when the tech world was left completely shocked.

  • Ex-iPhone designer who sold startup to OpenAI for $6.4B shares key lesson learnt from Steve Jobs

    Ex-iPhone designer who sold startup to OpenAI for $6.4B shares key lesson learnt from Steve Jobs

    British-born designer, Jony Ive, worked alongside Apple CEO Steve Jobs for years and crafted the look and feel of the modern smartphone, in addition to products like the iPod, iPad, and Apple Watch. He quit the tech giant in 2019.

  • Will the Jony Ive-Sam Altman show challenge Apple?

    Will the Jony Ive-Sam Altman show challenge Apple?

    OpenAI CEO has forecast an end to the era of smartphone dominance 

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