A Reporter at Large

Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?

New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.
By Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz
Altman promised to be a safe steward for A.I. But some of his colleagues believed that he was not trustworthy enough to, as one put it, “have his finger on the button.”Visual by David Szauder; Generated using A.I.
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