Sam Altman says he 'miscalibrated' the mood of distrust toward AI and the government in the Pentagon deal

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Sam Altman, CEO da OpenAI, discursa durante a Cúpula de Infraestrutura de 2026, que reúne autoridades governamentais, executivos corporativos e líderes sindicais, em Washington, D.C., EUA, em 11 de março de 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper/Foto de Arquivo
Sam Altman said he had "miscalibrated" the mood of distrust toward AI and the government.

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OpenAI's CFO says the company is passing on opportunities because it does not have enough compute

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OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, in September 2025.
OpenAI's CFO, Sarah Friar, says a compute shortage is forcing the company to pass up opportunities.

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Here's who's suing OpenAI, from Elon Musk to George R. R. Martin — and what it could cost Sam Altman

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Sam Altman's legal woes are piling up.

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OpenAI's COO says if you're bullish on AI, you can be bullish on legacy software too

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Brad Lightcap said that software incumbents are working hard to incorporate AI.

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OpenAI's new partner wants to build ads that can chat with you

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Laura Desmond, CEO of Smartly
Laura Desmond, CEO of Smartly, said ads on OpenAI will get more conversational and tailored to the individual user.

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Meta is assembling an elite new AI lab for its recommendations division

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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Inside the OpenAI project where freelancers train ChatGPT on everything from farming to commercial flying

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OpenAI is training ChatGPT to specialize in jobs such as ranching and agriculture.

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You probably don't make any money for Sam Altman and Co. This chart shows why that could change.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman onstage at an event in Washington, DC, March 2026
Sam Altman's OpenAI has big ambitions for its ads push.

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In the AI era, revenue-per-employee is the new Big Tech metric

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Mort Zuckerman, middle, in 2007 with then-NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg

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Figure CEO speaks out on OpenAI split: 'We're going to be competitors'

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Figure CEO Brett Adcock are pictured.
Figure's partnership with OpenAI lasted less than a year. CEO Brett Adcock explained why the humanoid company parted ways with the AI company.

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