From the 'godfathers of AI' to newer people in the field: Here are 17 people you should know — and what they say about the possibilities and dangers of the technology.

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Godfathers of AI
Three of the "godfathers of AI" helped spark the revolution that's making its way through the tech industry — and all of society. They are, from left, Yann LeCun, Geoffrey Hinton, and Yoshua Bengio.

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The morning routines of CEOs, from Mark Zuckerberg to Sam Altman

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Mark Zuckerberg smiling.
Mark Zuckerberg's morning fitness routine has evolved over the years as he turned to MMA and jiu-jitsu and away from running.

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Sarah Silverman says her lawsuit against OpenAI is difficult because the company is one of the 'richest entities in the world'

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Sarah Silverman at the 2024 Writers Guild Awards in April 2024.
Sarah Silverman is a plaintiff in a class action lawsuit filed against OpenAI.

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Oops! OpenAI just deleted important legal data in a lawsuit from The New York Times

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Sam Altman with a microphone
Sam Altman's OpenAI has lost deleted related to a lawsuit with The New York Times and other newspapers.

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Sam Altman says there was a 'simple' reason OpenAI ditched the nonprofit approach

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Sam Altman
South Park co-creator Matt Stone said all OpenAI CEO Sam Altman does is "go on podcasts."

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Read the casual emails between Elon Musk and Sam Altman that kicked off OpenAI

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Elon Musk amended his lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman.

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Elon Musk says OpenAI's compensation is 'lavish.' Here's how much employees get paid.

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Elon Musk (left) and Sam Altman (right).
Elon Musk, left, has added Microsoft to a lawsuit accusing the firm and OpenAI, led by Sam Altman, right, of anticompetitive practices.

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Elon Musk adds Microsoft as a defendant in OpenAI lawsuit, accusing them of anticompetitive conduct

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Sam Altman on the left, OpenAI logo displayed on a phone screen and Elon Musk on the right
Elon Musk sued OpenAI in March, dropped the lawsuit in June, then filed a new complaint in August.

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Sam Altman says 'there is no wall' in an apparent response to fears of an AI slowdown

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Sam Altman has said that AI scaling laws are "decided by god."

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OpenAI's lawyer says there are too many files from Ilya Sutskever and other employees to share in copyright lawsuit

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
OpenAI is facing several legal battles over claims of copyright infringement.

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