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Sam Altman’s worst-case AI scenario may already be here

By Donald Kendal

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during a discussion at the Federal Reserve Integrated Review of the Capital Framework for Large Banks Conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

OpenAI’s Sam Altman warns of AI voice fraud crisis in banking

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OpenAI’s Altman: ChatGPT ‘already more powerful than any human who has ever lived’ in some aspects

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Sam Altman, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, OpenAI, from left, testifies before a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing with Dr. Lisa Su, Chief Executive Officer and Chair, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and Michael Intrator, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, CoreWeave, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other U.S. tech leaders testify to Congress on AI competition with China

By Matt Brown - Associated Press

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at Station F, during an event on the sidelines of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, Pool, File)

OpenAI reverses course and says its nonprofit will continue to control its business

By Matt O'Brien and Thalia Beaty - Associated Press

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at Station F, during an event on the sidelines of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, Pool)

OpenAI’s Sam Altman: ‘Never say never’ about building new weapons for the Pentagon

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Judge denies Elon Musk’s request to block OpenAI for-profit conversion but welcomes trial

By Matt O'Brien and Barbara Ortutay - Associated Press

The revolution in artificial intelligence (AI) illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Project Stargate: A technological breakthrough or cause for concern?

By Donald Kendal

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attends an Apple event announcing new products in Cupertino, Calif., on June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) **FILE**

OpenAI’s Sam Altman denies sexually assaulting sister after lawsuit

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attends an Apple event announcing new products in Cupertino, Calif., June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Changing OpenAI’s nonprofit structure would raise questions about its future

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Documents show OpenAI’s journey from nonprofit to $157B valued company

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FILE - Open AI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman (C) speaks at the Advancing Sustainable Development through Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy AI event on Sept. 23, 2024, in New York. (Bryan R. Smith/Pool Photo via AP)

OpenAI looks to shift away from nonprofit roots and convert itself to for-profit company

By Matt O'Brien, Kelvin Chan and Thalia Beaty - Associated Press

Elon Musk suing OpenAI, renewing claims ChatGPT-maker put profits before ‘the benefit of humanity’

By Sarah Parvini - Associated Press

Scarlett Johansson poses for photographers at the photo call for the film "Asteroid City" at the 76th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, May 24, 2023. OpenAI plans to halt the use of one of its ChatGPT voices after some drew similarities to Johansson, who famously portrayed a fictional AI assistant in the (perhaps no longer so futuristic) film “Her.” (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

Scarlett Johansson says a ChatGPT voice is ‘eerily similar’ to hers; OpenAI is halting its use

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips - Associated Press

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in San Francisco on Nov. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) **FILE**

OpenAI’s Sam Altman visits Capitol Hill amid AI legislation stalling

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman participates in a discussion during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Altman, the ousted leader of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, is returning to the company that fired him late last week, the latest in a saga that has shocked the artificial intelligence industry. San Francisco-based OpenAI said in a statement late Tuesday, Nov. 21: “We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board of Bret Taylor (Chair), Larry Summers, and Adam D’Angelo.” (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Sam Altman is back as OpenAI CEO just days after being removed, along with a new board

By Matt O'Brien - Associated Press

Sam Altman participates in a discussion during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. The board of ChatGPT-maker Open AI says it has pushed out Altman, its co-founder and CEO, and replaced him with an interim CEO. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Microsoft hires Sam Altman, and OpenAI’s new CEO vows to investigate his firing

By Courtney Bonnell - Associated Press

Open AI CEO Sam Altman participates in a discussion entitled "Charting the Path Forward: The Future of Artificial Intelligence" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

ChatGPT-maker Open AI pushes out co-founder and CEO Sam Altman, says he wasn’t ‘consistently candid’

By Matt O'Brien - Associated Press

OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman, the founder of ChatGPT and creator of OpenAI gestures while speaking at University College London, as part of his world tour of speaking engagements in London, Wednesday, May 24, 2023.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

OpenAI boss downplays fears ChatGPT maker could leave Europe over AI rules

By Kelvin Chan - Associated Press

ChatGPT’s chief to testify before Congress as concerns grow about artificial intelligence risks

By Matt O'Brien - Associated Press