Sam Altman

About

Sam Altman is the co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, and one of the most prominent figures in the commercial AI boom. On No Agenda the hosts track him mainly through two storylines: OpenAI's business model and finances (which they contrast unfavorably with rival Anthropic's per-token pricing) and his protracted legal fight with Elon Musk over OpenAI's founding and direction. They also cover the mounting liability around ChatGPT, including a criminal probe and lawsuits tied to suicide and school-shooting cases in which Altman issued public apologies. The hosts are openly skeptical of OpenAI's "all you can eat" subscription economics and predict the company and its investors will eventually run into trouble.</paragraph> <parameter name="pull_quotes">["I can't wait to see Sam Albin fail. I just kinda want that.", "the more spectacular the failure in Silicon Valley, the more money you can raise on the next dumb idea", "this case really has come down to the idea of, frankly, which billionaire you believe is doing this the right way"]

• OpenAI business model vs Anthropic
• Musk v. Altman lawsuit
• ChatGPT liability / criminal probe
• predicting OpenAI's failure

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