Tag Archives: Sam Altman

01Dec/25

World Finance: AI, Geopolitics, and Financial Award Winners

World News Media announced the release of the World Finance Winter 2025–26 edition. The central focus of the new magazine issue is the state of global financial markets, particularly examining the instability caused by rapid technological change and shifting geopolitical dynamics. A prominent feature focuses on the unparalleled impact of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on the artificial intelligence sector, addressing concerns around ethics and investment bubbles. Further comprehensive reports analyse topics such as the record surge in gold prices, the new EU agency established to combat money laundering (AMLA), and the lengthy path of economic recovery for Greece. The text concludes by listing the multiple categories of World Finance awards presented in this edition, celebrating achievement across digital banking, investment management, and sustainable finance. Continue reading

09Jan/24

Freedom of thought is being threatened by states, big tech and even ourselves. Here’s what we can do to protect it

Simon McCarthy-Jones, Trinity College Dublin

The idea of free speech sparked into life 2,500 years ago in Ancient Greece – in part because it served a politician’s interests. The ability to speak freely was seen as essential for the new Athenian democracy, which the politician Cleisthenes both introduced and benefited from.

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20Nov/23

Why was Sam Altman’s sacked from OpenAI and what does all this mean for the AI race?

Nov. 20, 2023 /Technology/ — Sam Altman was fired as CEO of OpenAI on November 17, 2023, for allegedly not being “consistently candid in his communications with the board.” The company did not provide any specific details about the allegations, but said that Altman’s behavior was “hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities.”

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08Sep/23

TIME Reveals Inaugural TIME100 AI List of the World’s Most Influential People in Artificial Intelligence

NEW YORKSept. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Today, TIME reveals the inaugural TIME100 AI, a new list highlighting the 100 most influential people in artificial intelligence.

The 2023 TIME100 AI issue features a worldwide cover with illustrations by Neil Jamieson for TIME, featuring 28 list-makers including Sam Altman of OpenAI, Dario and Daniela Amodei of Anthropic, Demis Hassabis of Google DeepMind, and more from the new list. Continue reading

24Mar/23

OpenAI: Ethics and intelligence

By Adam Smith | Tech correspondent

OpenAI rolled out GPT-4 last week, the new artificial intelligence service that powers ChatGPT.

The main addition to the new model is that it can now “understand” images – writing captions and descriptions, as well as explaining jokes behind memes – and write computer code. Continue reading