South Park creator Matt Stone asks if Sam Altman does anything other than 'go on podcasts'

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The Nobel Prize-winning 'godfather of AI' says he's glad one of his students had a hand in ousting Sam Altman from OpenAI

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"I'm particularly proud of the fact that one of my students fired Sam Altman," computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton said on Tuesday.

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The rise of Sam Altman, OpenAI's billionaire CEO

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Sam Altman was well known in the startup scene in Silicon Valley.

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OpenAI has secured a $157 billion valuation. Now comes the hard part.

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Competition in generative AI is set to get fiercer after OpenAI secured itself a fresh $157 billion valuation.

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OpenAI's investors include Silicon Valley's most prolific bubble chasers. Is that a bad sign for the company's future?

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SoftBank's boss, Masayoshi Son.

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OpenAI has 2 years to transition to a for-profit company. Here are 6 key things it will need to do in that time.

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OpenAI announced last week it would be restructuring as a for-profit company.

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Why Sam Altman doesn't think AI will replace writers

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman does not think writers will be replaced by AI.

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OpenAI execs were reportedly worried the company could collapse when Ilya Sutskever left — and tried to woo him back

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OpenAI executives like Mira Murati and Greg Brockman were worried OpenAI would collapse after Ilya Sutskever left the company in May.

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An OpenAI shake-up wouldn't just make Sam Altman richer — he'd have more control, too

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OpenAI is reported to be discussing giving Sam Altman an equity stake in the company.

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OpenAI turmoil is a bad look for its huge funding round, VCs say. 'I would vote with my feet.'

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Sam Altman is CEO of OpenAI.

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