Hackernews posts about Sam Altman

Sam Altman is the former CEO of OpenAI and a member of its board who has left the organization to join Microsoft, amidst controversy surrounding his departure and subsequent lawsuit filed by Elon Musk.

1. The Real Story Behind Sam Altman’s Firing From OpenAI (www.wsj.com)
   112 points by Philpax 1 day ago | 110 comments
2. Sam Altman Returns to Political Fund-Raising (www.nytimes.com)
   56 points by frenchman_in_ny 25 days ago | 58 comments
3. Was Sam Altman Right About the Job Market? (www.theatlantic.com)
   12 points by petethomas 16 days ago | 5 comments
4. Sorry, Sam Altman, A.I. Is Not Good at Real Writing (www.nytimes.com)
   10 points by paulpauper 7 days ago | 2 comments
5. The Real Story of Sam Altman’s Firing From OpenAI (www.wsj.com)
   9 points by dkjaudyeqooe 2 days ago | discuss
6. Sam Altman shows off AI model that is good at creative writing (twitter.com)
   5 points by rickdeckard 18 days ago | 6 comments
7. OpenAI reshuffles leadership as Sam Altman pivots to technical focus (www.theverge.com)
   5 points by mfiguiere 6 days ago | 2 comments
8. Documentary Director Couldn't Get Interview with Sam Altman So He Deepfaked Him (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
   5 points by adrian_mrd 18 days ago | discuss
9. Was Sam Altman Right About the Job Market? (www.theatlantic.com)
   4 points by bookofjoe 16 days ago | 2 comments
10. Sam Altman said they will add MCP support across OpenAI products (twitter.com)
    4 points by tntpreneur 4 days ago | discuss
11. OpenAI reshuffles leadership as Sam Altman pivots to technical focus (www.theverge.com)
    4 points by rmason 6 days ago | discuss
12. An Interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman About Building a Consumer Tech Company (stratechery.com)
    3 points by swolpers 11 days ago | discuss
13. Jessica Livingston Interviews Sam Altman on YC, OpenAI, and Boardroom Coup [pdf] (www.thesocialradars.com)
    2 points by joecobb 18 days ago | 1 comments
14. Sam Altman Removed YC School from His Website
    2 points by ali-netproject 11 days ago | discuss
15. Was Sam Altman Right About the Job Market? Tech's Plan to Automate Everything (www.theatlantic.com)
    2 points by ryan_j_naughton 15 days ago | discuss
16. An Interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman About Building a Consumer Tech Company (stratechery.com)
    1 points by mooreds 8 days ago | discuss
17. Show HN: The first irreversible human-AI synthesis is now on-chain (twitter.com)
    3 points by socratic-AI 27 days ago | 3 comments
18. "$7T Nobody Owns and Never Moves"?
    2 points by anonymous0717 6 days ago | discuss
19. Ask HN: Do you think the launch of DeepSeek boosted OpenAI?
    1 points by tv10 29 days ago | 2 comments
20. OpenAI's Ghibli frenzy took a dark turn real fast (www.businessinsider.com)
    7 points by bentobean 2 days ago | 2 comments
21. Bubble Talk (2015) (blog.samaltman.com)
    1 points by capitalatrisk 6 days ago | discuss
22. ChatGPT firm reveals AI model that is 'good at creative writing' (www.theguardian.com)
    1 points by paulpauper 7 days ago | discuss
23. AI race is over for us if (www.businesstoday.in)
    1 points by soumikmahato 16 days ago | discuss
24. Chip Ganassi Racing, OpenAI Announce Strategic Collaboration (chipganassiracing.com)
    1 points by tekdude 29 days ago | discuss
25. OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman (openai.com)
    5710 points by davidbarker over 1 year ago | 2530 comments
26. Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft (twitter.com)
    1738 points by JimDabell over 1 year ago | 1311 comments
27. Elon Musk sues Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI [pdf] (www.courthousenews.com)
    1462 points by modeless about 1 year ago | 1208 comments
28. OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO (www.theverge.com)
    1243 points by medler over 1 year ago | 1611 comments
29. Before OpenAI, Sam Altman was fired from Y Combinator by his mentor (www.washingtonpost.com)
    1011 points by CartyBoston over 1 year ago | 746 comments
30. Sam Altman goes before US Congress to propose licenses for building AI (www.reuters.com)
    914 points by vforgione almost 2 years ago | 1214 comments
31. Ex-OpenAI board member reveals what led to Sam Altman's brief ousting (www.businessinsider.com)
    785 points by blackmanta 10 months ago | 805 comments
32. Sam Altman returns as CEO, OpenAI has a new initial board (openai.com)
    708 points by davidbarker over 1 year ago | 728 comments
33. It's Time to Stop Taking Sam Altman at His Word (www.theatlantic.com)
    703 points by redwoolf 6 months ago | 576 comments
34. Microsoft was blindsided by OpenAI's ouster of CEO Sam Altman (www.axios.com)
    697 points by aaronds over 1 year ago | 247 comments
35. OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sam Altman was fired (www.businessinsider.com)
    655 points by meitros over 1 year ago | 909 comments
36. Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO (www.theverge.com)
    625 points by mfiguiere over 1 year ago | 920 comments
37. Details emerge of surprise board coup that ousted CEO Sam Altman at OpenAI (arstechnica.com)
    581 points by jncraton over 1 year ago | 722 comments
38. TSMC execs allegedly dismissed OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as 'podcasting bro' (www.tomshardware.com)
    485 points by WithinReason 6 months ago | 559 comments
39. OpenAI to remove non-profit control and give Sam Altman equity (www.reuters.com)
    410 points by award_ 6 months ago | 63 comments
40. Sam Altman is showing us who he really is (slate.com)
    393 points by panarky 10 months ago | 456 comments
41. OpenAI removes Sam Altman's ownership of its Startup Fund (www.reuters.com)
    340 points by mfiguiere 12 months ago | 45 comments
42. Aaron Swartz and Sam Altman (journa.host)
    320 points by ta988 3 months ago | 192 comments
43. Sam Altman is not on YC's board. So why claim to be its chair? (www.bizjournals.com)
    285 points by apsec112 10 months ago | 168 comments
44. OpenAI's plans according to Sam Altman removed at OpenAI's request (humanloop.com)
    262 points by bluefishinit almost 2 years ago | 173 comments
45. Sam Altman's knack for dodging bullets with a little help from bigshot friends (www.wsj.com)
    259 points by himaraya over 1 year ago | 181 comments
46. Sam Altman owns OpenAI's venture capital fund (www.axios.com)
    253 points by choppaface about 1 year ago | 82 comments
47. OpenAI Committed to Buying $51M of AI Chips from a Startup Backed by Sam Altman (www.wired.com)
    252 points by gslin over 1 year ago | 230 comments
48. Sam Altman, OpenAI board open talks to negotiate his possible return (bloomberg.com)
    242 points by YetAnotherNick over 1 year ago | 242 comments
49. Brazil bans Sam Altman's tech firm Tools for Humanity from paying for iris scans (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
    240 points by ivanleoncz 2 months ago | 61 comments
50. Sam Altman: OpenAI is not training GPT-5 and "won't for some time" (twitter.com)
    226 points by ftxbro almost 2 years ago | 266 comments
51. Sam Altman: Long con was "child's play for me" (old.reddit.com)
    226 points by upwardbound 6 months ago | 75 comments
52. Elon Musk drops suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman (www.cnbc.com)
    205 points by hggh 10 months ago | 230 comments
53. Former OpenAI board member explains why they fired Sam Altman (www.theverge.com)
    200 points by pookieinc 10 months ago | 2 comments
54. Kenya suspends Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning crypto project (www.theverge.com)
    193 points by Analemma_ over 1 year ago | 103 comments