Sam Altman | TechnologyTangle

Jan 19 • 4 months ago

Elon Musk accused of making up math to squeeze $134B from OpenAI, Microsoft

Musk's math reduced ChatGPT inventors' contributions to "zero," OpenAI argued. ...

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Jan 17 • 4 months ago

OpenAI to test ads in ChatGPT as it burns through billions

Ads coming to free tier and new $8/month ChatGPT Go plan in US. ...

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Jan 15 • 4 months ago

ChatGPT wrote “Goodnight Moon” suicide lullaby for man who later killed himself

ChatGPT used a man's favorite children's book to romanticize his suicide. ...

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Jan 08 • 4 months ago

ChatGPT Health lets you connect medical records to an AI that makes things up

New feature will allow users to link medical and wellness records to AI chatbot. ...

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Dec 31 • 4 months ago

From prophet to product: How AI came back down to earth in 2025

In a year where lofty promises collided with inconvenient research, would-be oracles became software tools. ...

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Dec 13 • 5 months ago

OpenAI built an AI coding agent and uses it to improve the agent itself

"The vast majority of Codex is built by Codex," OpenAI told us about its new AI coding agent. ...

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Dec 12 • 5 months ago

OpenAI releases GPT-5.2 after “code red” Google threat alert

Company claims new AI model tops Gemini and matches humans on 70% of work tasks. ...

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Dec 03 • 5 months ago

OpenAI CEO declares “code red” as Gemini gains 200 million users in 3 months

Three years after Google sounded alarm bells over ChatGPT, the tables have turned. ...

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Nov 19 • 6 months ago

Tech giants pour billions into Anthropic as circular AI investments roll on

ChatGPT competitor secures billions from Microsoft and Nvidia in deal to use cloud services and chips. ...

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Nov 14 • 6 months ago

Forget AGI—Sam Altman celebrates ChatGPT finally following em dash formatting rules

Ongoing struggles with AI model instruction-following show that true human-level AI still a ways off. ...

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Nov 13 • 6 months ago

OpenAI walks a tricky tightrope with GPT-5.1’s eight new personalities

New controls attempt to please critics on both sides with a balance between bland and habit-forming. ...

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Oct 31 • 6 months ago

Sam Altman wants a refund for his $50,000 Tesla Roadster deposit

Altman is just the latest in a string of people to want their money back. ...

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