The history of Elon Musk and Sam Altman's relationship and feuds, which date back to the early days of OpenAI

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk

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The AI bubble debate: 7 business leaders from Sam Altman to Lisa Su weigh in

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A composite of Joe Tsai, Sam Altman, and Lisa Su

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Why does Mark Zuckerberg want our kids to use chatbots? And other unanswered questions.

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Mark Zuckerberg has said that in the future, we may have AI chatbot friends.

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Sam Altman hopes AGI will allow people to have more kids in the future

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that an advanced AI could help facilitate bigger families for humans in the future.

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Sam Altman says he can't remember the last time he used Google

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Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI.

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OpenAI's o3 faced off against xAI's Grok 4 in a chess tournament. It swept the board.

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A chess board

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The backlash over GPT-5 shows people are getting hooked on specific AI models

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and his team have made changes to their GPT-5 plans after user backlash.

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Even CEOs get a do-over now and then. Just ask OpenAI's Sam Altman.

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Sam Altman put together a big launch for the newest version of his ChatGPT engine — and backtracked a day later.

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Sam Altman says GPT-5's 'personality' will get a revamp — but it won't be as 'annoying' as GPT-4o

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Sam Altman said GPT-5 will get a "warmer" tone after complaints about its style.

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Elon Musk and Sam Altman's feud is really heating up

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The rival tech leaders Elon Musk and Sam Altman have a long-running feud.

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