Co-founder and CEO of OpenAI
Sam Altman
Sam Altman is the co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. He previously served as president of startup accelerator Y Combinator.
About Sam Altman
Sam Altman is the co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, an artificial intelligence research and deployment company whose products include ChatGPT and DALL·E. He helped establish OpenAI in 2015 as a nonprofit research laboratory.
Before focusing on OpenAI, Altman served as president of Y Combinator from 2014 to 2019. His public work includes discussions of AI deployment, governance, safety, and the economic effects of increasingly capable AI systems.
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- Sam Altman's AI Genie — Mind the Poisonous Mushrooms →
Altman told Relentless we’re close to a wish-granting AI genie. The internet heard AGI folklore; builders should hear verification culture — and the mushroom comic that went with the quote.
- Every 2026 “AI Ban” Story: What Actually Got Banned? →
AI-ban headlines collapse export controls, private model gating, proposed rules, procurement blocks, and product safety filters into one phrase. This running scorecard separates the policy from the product outcome.
- The AI Data Center Backlash, Mapped: What Was Actually Blocked? →
The data center backlash has reached balance sheets, but “stalled” does not always mean “stopped.” This scorecard distinguishes denials, moratoria, withdrawals, lawsuits, and normal permitting friction.
- Data Centers, Water, and the Lawsuits Nobody Is Tracking →
A settlement is not an admission, a complaint is not a judgment, and a protest is not a lawsuit. This tracker separates the legal posture of the biggest data center water disputes.
- ChatGPT Voice on Desktop: GPT-Live Meets Codex and Work →
OpenAI brought GPT-Live into the ChatGPT desktop app on July 23, 2026 — speak, listen, and steer Codex or ChatGPT Work agents while the model can reference your frontmost Mac window. Plans, quotas, and how it differs from mobile Voice.
- Claude Cowork's 'Record a Skill': Turn Screen Recordings into Reusable Automations →
Claude Cowork can now watch you do a task once and turn it into an automated skill you can rerun — no prompt writing required. explainx.ai covers how Record a Skill works, what people are already automating, and what to check before recording anything sensitive.