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. Aaron Swartz and Sam Altman (journa.host)
   319 points by ta988 6 days ago | 192 comments
2. German watchdog orders Sam Altman's biometric ID project World to delete data (www.euronews.com)
   131 points by belter 26 days ago | 65 comments
3. Sam Altman's sister files lawsuits against Sam alleging sexual abuse (www.cnbc.com)
   86 points by bhouston 10 days ago | 38 comments
4. Sam Altman accused of sexual abuse by his sister (www.theguardian.com)
   49 points by Popeyes 10 days ago | 57 comments
5. Sam Altman responds to his sister's claim of sexual abuse (twitter.com)
   46 points by spockswrench 10 days ago | 30 comments
6. OpenAI is losing money on its pricey ChatGPT Pro plan, CEO Sam Altman says (techcrunch.com)
   24 points by mfiguiere 12 days ago | 11 comments
7. Sam Altman accused of sexually assaulting his younger sister in lawsuit (www.nytimes.com)
   17 points by reilly3000 9 days ago | 3 comments
8. Sam Altman calls Elon Musk a 'bully' (fortune.com)
   12 points by jmsflknr 28 days ago | 3 comments
9. Sam Altman and Aaron Swartz Saw the Future (flaminghydra.com)
   10 points by zzzeek 18 days ago | 2 comments
10. Sam Altman's sister files sexual abuse lawsuit against him (www.theverge.com)
    8 points by Tomte 10 days ago | 6 comments
11. Sam Altman Interview: OpenAI CEO's Plans for ChatGPT, Fusion and Trump (www.bloomberg.com)
    6 points by neom 12 days ago | 4 comments
12. Sam Altman says "we are now confident we know how to build AGI" (arstechnica.com)
    6 points by thunderbong 9 days ago | 1 comments
13. Show HN: Apple Engineer Made Samaltmanprize.com (www.samaltmanprize.com)
    4 points by shayarma 3 days ago | discuss
14. Sam Altman denies sister's childhood rape claim (www.bbc.com)
    3 points by glitchc 9 days ago | 1 comments
15. Sam Altman once owned some equity in OpenAI through Sequoia (techcrunch.com)
    3 points by allenleein 29 days ago | discuss
16. Sam Altman: What I Heard from Trump Supporters (2017) (blog.samaltman.com)
    2 points by bundie 14 days ago | discuss
17. OpenAI's Sam Altman urges Trump to ease power plant, data center construction (thehill.com)
    1 points by ironyman 3 days ago | 1 comments
18. Why Elon Musk and OpenAI's Sam Altman Are Fighting–and How It Could Help Google (www.barrons.com)
    1 points by TradingPlaces 18 days ago | discuss
19. Hey I'm Yutish
    10 points by YutishGoel 2 days ago | 1 comments
20. Where Are the Intelligent Robots?
    2 points by a99c43f2d565504 15 days ago | 3 comments
21. Technical vs. Non-Technical Founder Is Dead. Here's What's Next
    1 points by ExecutiveDre 6 days ago | 7 comments
22. Reflections (blog.samaltman.com)
    134 points by davidbarker 12 days ago | 112 comments
23. Marcus: "We now can spin bullshit at unprecedented levels " (arstechnica.com)
    6 points by giardini 11 days ago | 2 comments
24. Altman at Davos. interview, 1/2024 (www.weforum.org)
    3 points by onetokeoverthe 18 days ago | 2 comments
25. Elon Musk gets new support in growing lawsuit against OpenAI (www.washingtonpost.com)
    3 points by ent101 14 days ago | discuss
26. The days are long but the decades are short (2015) (blog.samaltman.com)
    1 points by scriptnull 9 days ago | discuss
27. Helion (2021) (blog.samaltman.com)
    1 points by laserlight 15 days ago | discuss
28. OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman (openai.com)
    5710 points by davidbarker about 1 year ago | 2530 comments
29. Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft (twitter.com)
    1738 points by JimDabell about 1 year ago | 1311 comments
30. Elon Musk sues Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI [pdf] (www.courthousenews.com)
    1462 points by modeless 11 months ago | 1208 comments
31. OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO (www.theverge.com)
    1243 points by medler about 1 year ago | 1611 comments
32. Before OpenAI, Sam Altman was fired from Y Combinator by his mentor (www.washingtonpost.com)
    1011 points by CartyBoston about 1 year ago | 746 comments
33. Sam Altman goes before US Congress to propose licenses for building AI (www.reuters.com)
    914 points by vforgione over 1 year ago | 1214 comments
34. Ex-OpenAI board member reveals what led to Sam Altman's brief ousting (www.businessinsider.com)
    785 points by blackmanta 8 months ago | 805 comments
35. Sam Altman returns as CEO, OpenAI has a new initial board (openai.com)
    708 points by davidbarker about 1 year ago | 728 comments
36. It's Time to Stop Taking Sam Altman at His Word (www.theatlantic.com)
    703 points by redwoolf 3 months ago | 576 comments
37. Microsoft was blindsided by OpenAI's ouster of CEO Sam Altman (www.axios.com)
    697 points by aaronds about 1 year ago | 247 comments
38. OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sam Altman was fired (www.businessinsider.com)
    655 points by meitros about 1 year ago | 909 comments
39. Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO (www.theverge.com)
    625 points by mfiguiere about 1 year ago | 920 comments
40. Details emerge of surprise board coup that ousted CEO Sam Altman at OpenAI (arstechnica.com)
    581 points by jncraton about 1 year ago | 722 comments
41. TSMC execs allegedly dismissed OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as 'podcasting bro' (www.tomshardware.com)
    485 points by WithinReason 4 months ago | 559 comments
42. OpenAI to remove non-profit control and give Sam Altman equity (www.reuters.com)
    410 points by award_ 4 months ago | 63 comments
43. Sam Altman is showing us who he really is (slate.com)
    393 points by panarky 8 months ago | 456 comments
44. OpenAI removes Sam Altman's ownership of its Startup Fund (www.reuters.com)
    340 points by mfiguiere 10 months ago | 45 comments
45. The Contradictions of Sam Altman (www.wsj.com)
    338 points by mfiguiere almost 2 years ago | 541 comments
46. Sam Altman is not on YC's board. So why claim to be its chair? (www.bizjournals.com)
    285 points by apsec112 7 months ago | 168 comments
47. OpenAI's plans according to Sam Altman removed at OpenAI's request (humanloop.com)
    262 points by bluefishinit over 1 year ago | 173 comments
48. Sam Altman's knack for dodging bullets with a little help from bigshot friends (www.wsj.com)
    259 points by himaraya about 1 year ago | 181 comments
49. Sam Altman owns OpenAI's venture capital fund (www.axios.com)
    253 points by choppaface 11 months ago | 82 comments
50. OpenAI Committed to Buying $51M of AI Chips from a Startup Backed by Sam Altman (www.wired.com)
    252 points by gslin about 1 year ago | 230 comments
51. Ask HN: How did Sam Altman fail upward so well?
    245 points by VirusNewbie almost 2 years ago | 118 comments
52. Sam Altman, OpenAI board open talks to negotiate his possible return (bloomberg.com)
    242 points by YetAnotherNick about 1 year ago | 242 comments
53. 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
54. Sam Altman: Long con was "child's play for me" (old.reddit.com)
    226 points by upwardbound 4 months ago | 75 comments
55. Elon Musk drops suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman (www.cnbc.com)
    205 points by hggh 7 months ago | 230 comments
56. Former OpenAI board member explains why they fired Sam Altman (www.theverge.com)
    200 points by pookieinc 8 months ago | 2 comments
57. Kenya suspends Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning crypto project (www.theverge.com)
    193 points by Analemma_ over 1 year ago | 103 comments