bing news | OpenAI’s Sam Altman gives unprecedented new interview on the perils of Sora, the Pentagon and parenthood

OpenAI founder Sam Altman gave his first interview since ending the Sora video‑app project and a $1 billion Disney partnership, telling tech journalist Laurie Segall that the decision to shut down the venture was a “very tough resourcing call” intended to prevent addictive features that have landed competitors such as Meta and Google in legal trouble. Altman said the company could have made Sora more “sticky,” but chose to pull the plug to avoid creating incentives that might foster the same social‑media addiction problems that are currently being litigated.

During the conversation, Altman disclosed that there had been internal talk of integrating Sora into ChatGPT, but the team rejected the idea for the same reason—concern over potential addictive impacts. He also addressed the Pentagon‑related controversy surrounding OpenAI’s work with the Department of Defense and reflected on how the company’s business model could support a healthier AI ecosystem. The interview took place against the backdrop of recent court rulings that held Meta and Google liable for fueling teen social‑media addiction, rulings that could open the door to a wider “Big Tobacco”‑style legal battle for tech giants.

Segall, who has covered Altman for more than a decade, used the podcast “Mostly Human” to probe deeper into his founder’s views on war, the company’s wartime contracts, and the challenges of raising a child in an AI‑driven world. She highlighted Altman’s optimism about near‑term breakthroughs—such as AI researchers compressing a decade of scientific discovery into a single year—while also acknowledging the complex human questions that accompany such transformative technology. The interview, recorded at Altman’s San Francisco home, forms part of Segall’s broader effort to build a creator‑led media and entertainment network.

Read more: https://pagesix.com/2026/04/01/hollywood/openais-sam-altman-gives-unprecedented-new-interview-on-the-perils-of-sora-the-pentagon-and-parenthood/

#openai #samaltman #sora #departmentofdefense #chatgpt

Sam Altman: ‘If I Don’t End The World, Someone Far More Dangerous Will’

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://theonion.com/sam-altman-if-i-dont-end-the-world-someone-far-more-dangerous-will/

yahoo news | OpenAI closes record-breaking $122 billion funding round as anticipation builds...

OpenAI announced on Tuesday that it has sealed a record‑breaking funding round valued at $852 billion post‑money, raising a total of $122 billion in committed capital. The round was led by SoftBank and included Andreessen Horowitz, D.E. Shaw Ventures and a broader pool of investors, with $3 billion coming from individual backers through bank channels for the first time. Earlier in February the company had disclosed $110 billion of commitments; the new influx adds $12 billion more, bringing the total to the historic $122 billion figure.

Since launching ChatGPT in 2022, OpenAI’s platform now serves more than 900 million weekly active users, including over 50 million paid subscribers. The firm reported generating roughly $2 billion in revenue each month, amounting to $13.1 billion for the most recent fiscal year, though it continues to burn cash and remains unprofitable. In recent months the company has trimmed spending, shutting down projects such as the short‑form video app Sora, as it works to rein in costs while scaling its AI infrastructure.

The massive valuation places heightened pressure on CEO Sam Altman to justify the price ahead of a potential initial public offering. OpenAI says the new capital will help “build the infrastructure layer for intelligence itself,” with the expectation that AI‑driven productivity gains will eventually flow back to the broader economy, companies, and individuals. Observers note that the funding round underscores the strategic importance of AI to major tech players, including Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank and Microsoft, all of which have pledged multibillion‑dollar investments in the startup.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/31/openai-funding-round-ipo.html

#openai #softbank #samaltman #chatgpt

Write your Representatives...

Some pretty insane stuff involving #ArtificialIntelligence #corporations has been pretty well covered over the past few months, including...

- The creation of an artificial #Computer Hardware Bubble that more than quadrupled consumer #RAM prices

- The back and forth of whether or not #AI will be used for Autonomous #Killbots, #MassSurveilance, "Pre-Crime" style predictive police overreach

- The deep involvement of people within the #government, with access to massive databases and insider information, with #investors and power-brokers

- The massive violations of #privacy and #copyright in order to build and run models which are primarily being used to fuel misinformation by foreign #governments

#SamAltman, #MarkZuckerburg, #ElonMusk, #OpenAI, etc, all need to be investigated.

Write your Congressperson and Senators, state and federal, or Parliamentary Reps: demand investigations / hearings on all of this.

#Resist!

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/popular-twitter-user-explains-how-sam-altmans-openai-may-have-caused-the-worst-consumer-hardware-crisis-with-purchase-orders-that-were-never-real/articleshow/129879770.cms

#USPol #activism #capitalism

yahoo news | World Foundation Sells $65M in WLD as Token Hits Record Lows

Sam Altman’s World Foundation announced that it has raised $65 million through an over‑the‑counter (OTC) sale of its Worldcoin (WLD) token. The sale was executed by the foundation’s token‑issuance arm, World Assets, which sold roughly 239 million WLD to four counterparties, at an average price of about $0.27 per token. Of the proceeds, $25 million worth of tokens are subject to a six‑month lock‑up, while the remaining amount was made immediately liquid, and the funds are earmarked for core operations, research and development, orb manufacturing, ecosystem development, and related activities.

The transaction comes as WLD has slid to a new all‑time low, briefly touching $0.24 before rebounding to $0.27, representing a roughly 97 percent decline from its March 2024 peak of $11.82. At the time of reporting the token was trading around $0.2725, up 0.28 percent in the previous 24 hours. Market pressure could intensify because a major community‑token unlock is slated for 23 July, covering about 52.5 percent of the token’s total 10 billion supply, according to DefiLlama. The current discounted sale also contrasts sharply with the May 2023 round, when World raised $135 million at roughly $1.13 per token from investors such as Andreessen Horowitz and Bain Capital Crypto.

Regulatory scrutiny continues to dog the project. In October 2022, Thai authorities raided an iris‑scanning site linked to World, alleging violations of digital‑asset licensing rules, which led to arrests and an ongoing investigation. Similar challenges have emerged in Indonesia, Germany, Kenya and Brazil, where regulators have raised concerns about licensing and the handling of sensitive biometric data. These legal hurdles add further uncertainty to World’s ambitious rollout and its already‑turbulent market performance.

Read more: https://cointelegraph.com/news/sam-altman-world-wld-sale-65m-token-lows

#worldfoundation #samaltman #worldcoin #wld

A New #AI #Documentary Puts CEOs in the Hot Seat—but Goes Too Easy on Them

The AI Doc: Or How I Became an #Apocaloptimist seeks the middle ground on a polarizing technology—and ends up letting tech execs like #SamAltman off the hook.
#artificialintelligence #politics #responsibility #ethics #privacy #security

https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-ai-documentary-puts-ceos-in-the-hot-seat-but-goes-too-easy-on-them/

Wahrscheinlich eins der wichtigsten #Interviews zum Anfang der KI - Ära:

#KI-#Whistleblower: Die perfide #Täuschung
der #TechGiganten - #KarenHao packt
aus

https://youtu.be/Cn8HBj8QAbk

Gibt auch eine deutsche Audio - Synchro!

#KarenHao ist eine #US-amerikanische Tech- und KI-#Journalistin, die vor allem über die #gesellschaftlichen, #politischen und #ethischen #Folgen von #künstlicherIntelligenz berichtet. Sie war unter anderem bei #MITTechnologyReview, #TheWallStreetJournal und #TheAtlantic tätig und ist #Autorin des #Buchs #EmpireofAI.

#AI #BigTech #BigCorporate #Oligarchen #Oligarchs #SamAltman #ElonMusk #AIMyths #OpenAI

yahoo news | Mark Zuckerberg offered to 'help' Elon Musk with DOGE in 2025

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, whose rivalry once led to a promised but never‑realized cage match in 2023, appear to have been on friendlier terms by early 2025. Court documents released on Friday show that on February 3, 2025 Zuckerberg texted Musk about his work with the now‑defunct Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), saying “Looks like DOGE is making progress” and offering Meta’s assistance in taking down doxxing or threatening content aimed at the DOGE team. The same day a U.S. Attorney announced protection for DOGE employees, and it coincided with Meta’s public shift away from traditional content moderation toward “free expression.”

Musk replied with a heart emoji and quickly steered the conversation toward OpenAI, asking Zuckerberg if he was “open to the idea of bidding on the OpenAI IP with me and some others.” Zuckerberg requested a live discussion, and Musk said he would call the next day. Earlier filings in Musk’s lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI reveal that Musk had indeed invited Zuckerberg to help acquire OpenAI, though Zuckerberg never formally joined the bid. Musk’s legal team later argued that these private exchanges should be excluded from the case, labeling them “tangential and prejudicial” and claiming they were intended only to inflame negative sentiment toward Musk because of his association with Zuckerberg.

In a separate filing, Musk’s attorneys objected to Altman’s lawyers probing Musk’s alleged ketamine use and his attendance at Burning Man in 2017, stating that such questions are “outlandish” and irrelevant to the dispute. A deposition transcript shows Musk denied taking “rhino ket” at the festival, and a judge later limited OpenAI’s ability to question him about Burning Man, barring inquiries into ketamine. A Meta spokesperson declined to comment on the matter.

Read more: https://tech.yahoo.com/social-media/articles/mark-zuckerberg-offered-help-elon-211737040.html

#markzuckerberg #elonmusk #doge #openai #samaltman

A New AI Documentary Puts CEOs in the Hot Seat—but Goes Too Easy on Them

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-ai-documentary-puts-ceos-in-the-hot-seat-but-goes-too-easy-on-them/