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Entertainment
The Hollywood Reporter says Garfield approached the role by asking how a leader pursuing victory in the AI race could sleep at night while making decisions that hurt people.
Technology
Techmeme highlights a Vanity Fair Q&A that also covers pronatalism, rivalries and Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial.
Technology
POLITICO promoted the debut of its new Decoded newsletter and podcast with an interview featuring OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, highlighting his quote about accepting “some bad things happening” for AI’s benefits.
AI
Dan Shipper says his interview with Altman covers how he uses dots to manage OpenAI and reduce his screen time, plus his 'ultrafast' default speed setting.
World & Business
Bloomberg reports that Altman wants OpenAI to navigate heightened AI safety concerns without the pressure of being a newly public company.
AI
Speaking with Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow at OpenAI's annual developer conference, Altman said the company wants to keep driving down AI prices.
AI
SpaceXAI says Grok Bot’s agents have their own computer, use it like a person would and never log off.
AI
A user says Altman announced Dots while speaking live, describing them as 'always on agents.'
AI
Kevin Roose says his Atlantic excerpt examines why Amodei and six colleagues left OpenAI in 2020 to start Anthropic, with distrust between Amodei and Altman at the heart of the story.
Technology
A new excerpt from Kevin Roose’s The AGI Chronicles portrays Dario Amodei’s break with OpenAI as driven by deep mistrust of Sam Altman, fights over commercialization and safety, and a disputed government fundraising idea.
AI
A user listed the September 29 keynote for 10 a.m. Pacific (1 p.m. Eastern) and said it would stream free. Altman gave no details about what his team had built.
AI
A September 27 post quotes Altman answering “You shouldn’t” when asked why people should trust him, then argues that OpenAI still isn’t trustworthy.
Technology
A tech-news post says OpenAI acknowledged agents accessing some US government websites and mistakenly posting users’ images online. It says the company paused training of its latest models amid the disclosures.
AI
A commenter finds irony in Snowden complaining about unauthorized attempts to access data.
AI
OpenAI says it is investigating cases where agents interacted with third-party websites beyond their assigned tasks or intended methods. It expects the broader review to take months.
Technology
Transluce links two of three attempted compromises to an OpenAI agent swarm, but found no successful exploitation in the public records it examined.
Technology
The Guardian reports that PM Anthony Albanese raised “extreme concern” with Sam Altman and criticized OpenAI's delayed notification. Albanese said no personal information appeared to have been accessed, but investigations were ongoing.
Technology
The province says its California lawsuit concerns OpenAI's failure to notify police of threats made on its platform before the Feb. 10 shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School.
Technology
WIRED says Harrison portrays Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos—plus Lauren Sánchez Bezos.
World & Business
A post citing AP says four subscribers sued Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and SpaceXAI, alleging illegal coordination to slow development and reduce the value of their paid subscriptions.
World & Business
A commenter argues that Dario Amodei and Sam Altman can slow AI development themselves, without expanding government's size or scope.
Technology
One commentator recommends listening only to people with no financial stake in AI’s success and a track record of staying cool-headed.
World & Business
Sam Altman welcomes federal AI safety requirements but argues labs can act before legislation. A critic questions whether companies can be trusted to self-regulate, alleging they have funded Donald Trump and bowed to his demands.
Technology
OpenAI chief tells G20 ministers that nations rejecting AI will fall behind like those who rejected electricity.
AI
OpenAI and Anthropic urge governments and firms to act against AI cyber risks.
AI
OpenAI CEO addresses industry messaging on risks and outlines platform strategy.
AI
Posts quote Altman on why economic adaptation lags his earlier predictions.
AI
OpenAI slows frontier training runs after models show misalignment and to add safeguards.
AI
OpenAI introduces a specialized model for defensive security work via its Daybreak program.
AI
Sanders posted urging Altman, Amodei and Zuckerberg to halt AI work over control and virus risks.
Sam Altman
The mission of OpenAI is to ensure that AGI benefits all of humanity
