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Sam Altman is no stranger to accusations of lying — but according to one of OpenAI's biggest haters, he has a tick when he does it on camera.

Sam Altman Allegedly Has a Very Specific Tell Every Time He Lies

By Noor Al-Sibai

OpenAI declared just over 24 hours after the GPT-5 announcement that the "deprecated" GPT-4o model would be made available once more.

Users Were So Addicted to GPT-4o That They Immediately Cajoled OpenAI Into Bringing It Back After It Got Killed

By Victor Tangermann

Power users have been strikingly underwhelmed with OpenAI's GPT-5 so far, raising questions about diminishing returns.

GPT-5 Users Say It Seriously Sucks

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI has released its GPT-5 AI model, making it free to use for anybody as of today. But is it really as good as Sam Altman says?

OpenAI Releases GPT-5, Says It’s Shutting Down All Previous Models

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI is in talks about a stock sale that would value it at half a trillion dollars, leaving its nonprofit roots in the rearview mirror.

The Money OpenAI Is Making by Betraying Its Nonprofit Roots Is Obscene

By Victor Tangermann

Mike Cannon-Brookes, the billionaire CEO of Atlassian, announced that 150 people would be laid off, with some jobs being replaced by AI.

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CEO Lays Off 150 Employees, Tells Them They’ll Largely Be Replaced With AI

By Victor Tangermann

Sam Altman has admitted that ChatGPT conversations can be used against you in court if they are subpoenaed.

If You’ve Asked ChatGPT a Legal Question, You May Have Accidentally Doomed Yourself in Court

By Noor Al-Sibai

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is warning of an "impending fraud crisis" in which practically anybody will be able to imitate others.

Sam Altman Warns That AI Is About to Cause a Massive “Fraud Crisis” in Which Anyone Can Perfectly Imitate Anyone Else

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is warning that entire job categories could be wiped out by artificial intelligence.

Sam Altman Says OpenAI Is Poised to Wipe Out Entire Categories of Human Jobs

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is setting a breakneck pace with his company, which is bound to cause plenty of chaos behind the scenes.

OpenAI Engineer Quits, Says Company Is Pure Chaos Inside

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman got a taste of his own medicine when he went on the New York Times' turf and tried to outwit its writers.

Journalists Just Roasted Sam Altman To His Face

By Noor Al-Sibai

The OpenAI CEO recently unleashed a long-winded sermon on his research department after eight staffers left for Meta.

Behind the Scenes, Sam Altman Is Absolutely Furious

It's only been a month since OpenAI announced its new project with iPhone designer Jony Ive — and the partnership is already in hot water.

OpenAI Removes All Jony Ive Materials From Its Website

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Zuckerberg tried to poach his employees by offering welcome bonuses as high as nine figures.

Desperate Zuckerberg Apparently Offering OpenAI Staffers $100 Million Bonuses to Come Save His Failing AI Efforts

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is gushing over president Donald Trump's mammoth $500 billion AI infrastructure project, dubbed Stargate.

Sam Altman Heaps Praise on Donald Trump

By Victor Tangermann

A group of the top minds in AI gathered over the weekend to discuss the "posthuman transition" — a mind-bending exercise.

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Top AI Researchers Meet to Discuss What Comes After Humanity

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies before Congress on May 8, 2025. Above him, several lights shine.

Sam Altman Says “Significant Fraction” of Earth’s Total Electricity Should Go to Running AI

By Noor Al-Sibai

The OpenAI CEO went off on a long-time AI skeptic who roasted his bizarre manifesto called "The Gentle Singularity."

Sam Altman Goes Off at AI Skeptic

OpenAI's exciting new partnership with famed iPhone designer Jony Ive has the rumor-mill churning — and the latest may give you a guffaw.

You May Laugh When You Hear What OpenAI’s Top Secret AI Gadget Allegedly Looks Like

By Noor Al-Sibai

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is teaming up with a famous Apple designer to make wearables that can see your whole life.

Sam Altman Tells Staff Plan to Ship 100 Million Devices That See Everything in Users’ Lives

By Noor Al-Sibai

OpenAI has poached the CEO of Instacart for a fancy new job — but there's something weird going on with her job description.

Lazy Sam Altman Hires New OpenAI “CEO” to Do All the Work for Him Without Having to Resign

By Noor Al-Sibai

Thanks in part to erstwhile cofounder Elon Musk's lawsuit, OpenAI won't be going entirely for-profit anytime soon.

OpenAI Forced to Abandon Plans to Become For-Profit

By Noor Al-Sibai

Users noticed that the latest version of OpenAI's ChatGPT had made it extremely "sycophantic." The company claims to have found out why.

OpenAI Says It’s Identified Why ChatGPT Became a Groveling Sycophant

By Victor Tangermann

A group of former employees and activists have sent a letter pleading with lawmakers to stop OpenAI from going private.

Former OpenAI Staffers Implore Courts to Block What It’s Trying to Do

Sam Altman says OpenAI is spending "tens of millions of dollars" processing chatbot queries made with proper etiquette.

Sam Altman Admits That Saying “Please” and “Thank You” to ChatGPT Is Wasting Millions of Dollars in Computing Power

OpenAI has been secretly experimenting with an X, formerly Twitter, styled social network, after Sam Altman joked about doing just that.

OpenAI Is Secretly Building a Social Network

By Frank Landymore

A former OpenAI employee is joining Elon Musk's campaign against CEO Sam Altman — and he's got a lot to say about his ex-boss.

Former OpenAI Employee Rages Against Sam Altman: “Person of Low Integrity”

By Noor Al-Sibai

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman does not at all care if Studio Ghibli cofounder Hayao Miyazaki thinks AI is a death knell for real art.

Sam Altman Says Miyazaki Just Needs to Get Over It

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new book claims to have the tea on why OpenAI's board of directors fired Sam Altman as CEO during its stunning (and failed) 2023 coup.

This Appears to Be Why Sam Altman Actually Got Fired by OpenAI

By Noor Al-Sibai

The internet has been flooded with pictures modified by OpenAI to evoke the style of animation legend Hayao Miyazaki's work at Studio Ghibli.

While You’re Churning Out Studio Ghibli Selfies With OpenAI, Remember That Hayao Miyazaki Called AI Art “Disgusting” and an “Insult to Life Itself”

By Victor Tangermann

Not content to simply board his billions, Sam Altman is now complaining that no one is worshipping him enough for his taste.

Sam Altman Whines That When You Become a Billionaire, “Everyone Hates You For Everything”

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has unveiled the company's latest large language model, dubbed GPT-4.5. But the company has run "out of GPUs."

Sam Altman Says OpenAI Has Run Out of GPUs

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, whose company has invested billions of dollars in ChatGPT maker OpenAI, has had it with the AI hype.

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Microsoft CEO Admits That AI Is Generating Basically No Value

By Victor Tangermann

During a Bloomberg interview, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took another jab at the richest man in the world, Elon Musk.

Sam Altman Says He Feels Sorry for Elon Musk and His Bottomless Insecurity

By Victor Tangermann

Billionaire and White House advisor Elon Musk is leading a gigantic $97.4 billion bid to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI.

Elon Musk Makes Huge Bid to Seize Control of OpenAI

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI isn't just "legit" invigorated by China's DeepSeek, a "new competitor," it seems to be low key panicking by making sweeping changes.

OpenAI Seems to Be Low Key Panicking

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is having some regrets about the company's closed-source approach, admitting he's been on the "wrong side of history."

Sam Altman Regrets Ditching Open Source, Says He’s Been on the “Wrong Side of History”

By Victor Tangermann

As Wired reports, insiders are concerned that OpenAI could soon fall behind DeepSeek, in part due to a power struggle.

OpenAI Staff Turn Guns on Each Other After DeepSeek Humiliation

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI has announced that the US National Laboratories will use its deeply flawed AI models to help with "nuclear security."

OpenAI Strikes Deal With US Government to Use Its AI for Nuclear Weapon Security

By Victor Tangermann

After getting epically roasted by an upstart competitor, OpenAI is asking investors to give them another $40 billion anyway, pretty please.

OpenAI Asking for Tens of Billions in New Investment to “Fund Its Money-Losing business Operations”

By Victor Tangermann

After spending years indiscriminately ripping off other people's work, OpenAI is trying to pin blame on Chinese AI startup DeepSeek.

OpenAI Says DeepSeek Used Its Work Without Permission to Create an AI That’s Stealing Its Job, Which Is Blatantly Hypocritical Since That’s Exactly What It Did to Human Artists

By Victor Tangermann

After several days of silence, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has spoken out about Chinese AI startup DeepSeek throwing Silicon Valley into chaos.

Sam Altman Says OpenAI Is Going to Deliver a Beatdown on DeepSeek

By Victor Tangermann

A Chinese AI chatbot called DeepSeek has rocketed to the top of the charts on Apple's App Store, sending ripples across Silicon Valley.

Silicon Valley in Shambles as Chinese Startup Creates Top-Tier AI Without Billions of Investment

By Victor Tangermann

There’s Apparently a Huge Financial Problem With Trump’s Massive AI Project

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There’s Apparently a Huge Financial Problem With Trump’s Massive AI Project

By Victor Tangermann

After being asked if he was bothered by Elon Musk bashing his Stargate deal, Trump said he also had "certain hatreds for people."

Trump Says Elon Musk’s Bizarre Behavior Is Okay Because “I Have Certain Hatreds of People Too”

By Victor Tangermann

Tech billionaire Sam Altman stands stoically with his back turned to a larger, laughing Elon Musk

Trump Showing Love to Sam Altman Is Clearly Driving Elon Musk Into a Jealous Fury

Stargate is receiving a ton of funding from an Abu Dhabi-based investment company called MGX, which has ties to the UAE's royal family.

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Trump’s $500 Billion AI Deal Includes Funding by UAE Royal Family Linked to Astonishing Number of Scandals, Including Human Torture

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk blasted OpenAI, accusing it of not having enough cash for Donald Trump's "Stargate" project. CEO Sam Altman has since shot back.

Sam Altman Blasts Elon Musk for Defying Donald Trump’s AI Deal

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is now claiming that the firm is nearing the dawn of AGI — and that he knows how to make it happen.

Sam Altman Says OpenAI Has Figured Out How to Build AGI

By Noor Al-Sibai

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It Costs So Much to Run ChatGPT That OpenAI Is Losing Money on $200 ChatGPT Pro Subscriptions

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a freewheeling interview with Bloomberg, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took it out on the company's board members, who abruptly sacked him in 2023.

Sam Altman Explodes at Board Members Who Fired Him

By Victor Tangermann

Sam Altman said he's totally not worried about Elon Musk vindictively abusing his power to punish his enemies and line his own pockets

Sam Altman Challenges Elon Musk Not to Engage in Corruption

By Frank Landymore

Most people's New Year resolutions include going to the gym — but for OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, the new year means ushering in AGI.

Sam Altman Says the Main Thing He’s Excited About Next Year Is Achieving AGI

By Noor Al-Sibai

During a Reddit AMA, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claimed that AGI is "achievable with current hardware," a bold but largely meaningless claim.

Sam Altman Says AGI Is “Achievable With Current Hardware”

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI's namesake nonprofit roots are in the rearview mirror as it doubles down on making money, with CEO Sam Altman at the helm.

OpenAI Pivoting From “Benefiting Humanity” to “Making Lots of Money”

By Victor Tangermann

ChatGPT maker OpenAI is losing even more executives — right as Reuters reports that it's looking to restructure its core business.

OpenAI Execs Mass Quit as Company Removes Control From Non-Profit Board and Hands It to Sam Altman

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman waxed prolific about the future of artificial intelligence and chose some strange units of measurement to describe.

Sam Altman Invents Bizarre New Unit of Time for Measuring When His Promises Will Come True

By Noor Al-Sibai

OpenAI has released its long-awaited AI model, which was previously code-named "Strawberry," called OpenAI o1-preview.

OpenAI Just Released Its Long-Awaited “Strawberry” Model

By Victor Tangermann

Sam Altman's Worldcoin has faced scrutiny in more than a dozen countries because nobody really knows what it does with all those eyeballs.

More Than a Dozen Countries Now Investigating Sam Altman’s Dubious Eye-Scanning Scheme

By Noor Al-Sibai

OpenAI keeps losing top talent, indicating some considerable inner turmoil. Are they worried OpenAI is making empty promises?

Why Are OpenAI’s Most Prominent Employees Leaving?

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has for years now been quietly giving folks a universal basic income to see if it works.

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Sam Altman Has Been Quietly Giving Out Money for Basic Income

By Noor Al-Sibai

As OpenAI releases yet another new GPT model, CEO Sam Altman has finally admitted that it might be time for a new name.

Sam Altman Admits Its Letters-and-Numbers Salad Product Names Like “GPT-4o Mini” Are Horrible

By Noor Al-Sibai

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is deeply unhappy about the $27 million mansion he bought on San Francisco's iconic Lombard Street.

Sam Altman Is Suing the People Who Built His Mansion

By Victor Tangermann

Former safety researcher William Saunders said that he didn't want to work for the "Titanic of AI," so he quit.

OpenAI Researcher Says He Quit When He Realized the Upsetting Truth

By Victor Tangermann