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  • 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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