Sam Altman says parenting changed his view on iPads — and that he wants his son to 'play in the dirt'

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is pictured.
Sam Altman said he wasn't sure when his kid would talk to AI, but that he would "rather be on the late end of what's reasonable there."

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Get ready for a wave of TBPN clones after its blockbuster OpenAI deal

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TBPN
TBPN popularized a new mainstream media format.

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  • OpenAI acquired the buzzy media startup TBPN on Thursday.
  • TBPN inspired a set of new digital talk shows covering tech, advertising, and politics.
  • OpenAI's deal could spark more livestream copycats.

Get ready for a bumper crop of TBPN-style shows.

The OpenAI/TBPN deal is a shocker that makes sense

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TBPN hosts talk on the NYSE floor
Jordi Hays and John Coogan film their daily tech show, TBPN.

TBPN

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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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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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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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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Sam Altman keeps changing the plan. The rest of us have to keep up.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks at an event hosted by BlackRock in Washington, DC, March 2026
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has promised "a very high rate of change" at his company.

GIP

Farewell, Sora. You were too beautiful and too stupid for this world.

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Sora app on Apple App Store
Sora was too good for this world. Now it's gone.

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OpenAI needs to make money. Meet the 'founder-mode' executive charged with making it happen.

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Fidji Simo

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OpenAI has built one of the most popular products in the world. Now it has to figure out how to pay for it.

Enter Fidji Simo.

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