With speculation online about OpenAI having reached the AGI stage of ChatGPT development, Sam Altman says that's not what's happening.

The tech leader and his family denied Ann Altman's accusations in a statement that was posted online just as the lawsuit went public.

President Donald Trump spoke with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman by phone on Friday, ahead of the AI infrastructure announcement, CNBC has learned.

On his X account, Sam Altman posted a letter signed by Democratic senators concerned about the ways tech companies appear to be bending to Trump’s wishes.

Vantage with Palki Sharma Sam Altman, head of OpenAI and the force behind ChatGPT, is at the centre of a legal battle following disturbing allegations from his sister, Ann Altman. Filed in a Missouri court,

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called Stargate, “the most important project for this era” and promised that all of the new investment his company was making would help cure diseases. Altman was actually prompted by Trump to talk about the medical advances that AI would supposedly figure out.

Elon Musk and Sam Altman had a public fallout as Elon Musk nuked Donald Trump's $500 billion AI project claiming that OpenAI does not have the kind of money to carry out the Stargate Project. Sam Altman countered Elon Musk's claim and asked him to visit the first site already under way.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has watered down fans’ wild online speculation about his company's capability and rumors the company was close to AGI.

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President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington, as Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son, Oracle chief technology officer Larry Ellison and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, listen. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Larry, let’s negotiate in front of the media,” Trump said at a press conference with the Oracle co-founder, SoftBank CEO Masa Son, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to announce a $500 billion artificial intelligence infrastructure investment.

It’s unclear what Murati is working on, but Wired has learned that her mysterious AI startup has started hiring engineers and researchers from OpenAI and other AI firms. Murati won’t pivot to a non-AI field after working on ChatGPT, Sora, and other OpenAI products.