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    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      OpenAI
      OpenAI and Jony Ive in talks to raise $1bn from SoftBank for AI device venture

      ChatGPT creator in early discussions to create the ‘iPhone of artificial intelligence’

      From left, Jony Ive, Sam Altman and Masayoshi Son
    • Saturday, 16 September, 2023
      SoftBank Group Corp
      SoftBank seeks OpenAI tie-up as Son plans deal spree after Arm IPO

      Japanese conglomerate is looking to invest tens of billions of dollars in AI after Arm’s blockbuster listing

    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      Gillian Tett
      Nuclear power’s future is being disrupted

      Investor interest in small modular reactors is growing as demand for electricity is set to soar

      Illustration of a socket with its three holes shaping the nuclear symbol, with five plugs around it.
    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
      Inside BusinessTabby Kinder
      Worldcoin’s premise is a disturbing one

      Sam Altman’s dystopian cryptocurrency project has several core problems

      Sam Altman
    • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
      Interview
      Sam Altman’s vision for AI puts him on collision course with regulators

      OpenAI chief says public sector has ‘lack of will’ to lead innovation

      Sam Altman
    • Monday, 24 July, 2023
      Cryptocurrencies
      Sam Altman’s Worldcoin crypto project begins international rollout

      Start-up co-founded by OpenAI chief faces regulatory pushback in US

      A montage of Sam Altman and the Worldcoin logo
    • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
      LexSpecial purpose acquisition companies
      Nuclear power Spac: Sam Altman, AI king, seeks to split atoms Premium content

      Start-up Oklo has announced it will list shares in the US at an $850mn valuation

      Sam Altman
    • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
      Tech start-ups
      Nuclear fission start-up backed by Sam Altman to go public

      Oklo valued at $850mn in transaction through Spac set up by OpenAI chief

      Sam Altman
    • Sunday, 4 June, 2023
      Marietje Schaake
      We need to keep CEOs away from AI regulation

      Policymakers must not let complexity stop them from doing their job

    • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
      Technology sector
      Investors are so horny for AI that they’ve invested $175mn in OpenAI’s VC fund

      Summer of Sam Altman

    • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
      News in-depthArtificial intelligence
      OpenAI warns over split with Europe as regulation advances

      ChatGPT maker’s chief Sam Altman voices ‘many concerns’ over bloc’s planned legislation

      OpenAI chief Sam Altman
    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
      Sarah O'Connor
      Let’s not write people off as ‘AI losers’

      The idea that the outcome of technological change is inevitable is both dangerous and untrue

    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      Person in the News
      Sam Altman, the AI executive with an eye on the risks

      The success of ChatGPT has put the tech CEO in the spotlight as he tries to juggle promotion and concern

      Illustration of Sam Altman holding a mobile phone in one hand and holding up his other hand with the letters AI hovering about it
    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      OpenAI chief says new rules needed to guard against AI risks

      Sam Altman, co-founder of start-up behind ChatGPT, issues warning in first appearance before US Congress

      Sam Altman speaking to US lawmakers on Tuesday
    • Sunday, 14 May, 2023
      Cryptocurrencies
      OpenAI’s Sam Altman nears $100mn funding for Worldcoin crypto project

      Start-up plans to create global identification system through iris scans to enable access to free global currency

      An eye-scanning orb
    • Thursday, 21 October, 2021
      Cryptocurrencies
      More than 100,000 people have had their eyes scanned for free cryptocurrency

      Worldcoin project reveals its ‘orb’ scanner as it aims to distribute cryptocurrency to 1bn people

    • Wednesday, 15 August, 2018
      Technology sector
      Y Combinator to open incubator in China

      Silicon Valley start-up accelerator hires former Baidu executive Lu Qi as chief

    • Sunday, 27 November, 2016
      Jonathan MargolisJonathan Margolis
      Silicon Valley’s techies would make terrible politicians

      Beyond philanthropy, the digerati will bid for real power – and things will get ugly

    • Friday, 18 December, 2015
      Izabella Kaminska
      Since you asked: Awkward questions on AI

      Is artificial intelligence really something to worry about, writes Izabella Kaminska

      Robot Restaurant In Suzhou...SUZHOU, CHINA - DECEMBER 10: (CHINA OUT) Robots deliver meals for customers at a restaurant on December 10, 2015 in Suzhou, China. The restaurant has four robots delivering meals, one robot welcoming and over ten robots performing. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
    • Saturday, 12 December, 2015
      US & Canadian companies
      Silicon Valley in move to keep AI safe

      Musk, Thiel and others to pour $1bn into research organisation that aims to help protect humanity

      Industrial robots 'dance' at a booth the day before the 2015 China International Industry Fair at National Exhibition and Convention Center on November 2, 2015 in Shanghai, China.
    • Friday, 16 October, 2015
      US & Canadian companies
      Y Combinator adds late-stage Silicon Valley fund

      Accelerator that backed Airbnb and Stripe to compete for VC investments

      Sam Altman, president and co-founder of Y Combinator, stands for a photograph after a Bloomberg West Television interview in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Y Combinator provides investment services, financial assistance, analysis and advice to startup companies. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Sam Altman
    • Monday, 13 July, 2015
      InterviewSocial Media
      Reddit backer blames turmoil on failure to evolve

      Stagnation at online forum has left it prey to unhappy moderators, says lead investor

      Sam Altman, president and co-founder of Y Combinator, stands for a photograph after a Bloomberg West Television interview in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Y Combinator provides investment services, financial assistance, analysis and advice to startup companies. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Sam Altman
    • Sunday, 12 July, 2015
      Social Media
      Reddit acts to ease post-firing turmoil

      Website to adopt a more relaxed approach that will allow offensive content to remain on the site

      Reddit on a smartphone
    • Friday, 14 November, 2014
      Technology sector
      Reddit brings back founder after upheaval

      Alexis Ohanian returns as executive chairman after CEO exit

      Sam Altman
    • Friday, 31 October, 2014
      FT Magazine
      Sam Altman: Inside the network

      The president of leading accelerator Y Combinator on how the connections of Silicon Valley can help start-ups cheat death

      Sam Altman
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