AI is not about replacing humans. It's about amplifying human potential."
— Fei-Fei Li
Wynd Kaufmyn, an organizer with the activist group Stop AI, is standing trial for chaining shut the entrance to OpenAI’s headquarters in February 2025.
The lawsuit has alleged ChatGPT’s involvement in incidents of harm to individuals (including shootings), self-harm, and excessive use among minors.
OpenAI chief Sam Altman says he is “delighted to be wrong” about AI’s short-term impact on entry-level white-collar jobs, a relief that sits awkwardly against Q1 2026, when over 100,000 tech employees were laid off globally by firms including Oracle, Meta, Amazon and Cloudflare.
The attack on Sam Altman’s house and office in San Francisco might be treated as an act of domestic terrorism, said officials investigating the case,
A Molotov cocktail attack at Sam Altman’s San Francisco home led to a swift arrest, with no injuries reported. As authorities investigate, Altman has warned that rising tensions around AI could have real-world consequences.
Altman has recused himself from Helion Energy, at the last minute, to avoid an obvious conflict of interest as Open AI looks for ways to funnel its massive energy needs.
OpenAI plans to nearly double its workforce from 4,500 to 8,000 by end of 2026, with majority of new hires in engineering, product and sales — as the company faces growing competitive pressure from Anthropic and DeepSeek
The protestors under the banner of “Stop The AI Race” called for immediate halt of frontier AI model development.
“Diabolical psychopath”, “Delusional Tech Bro” and “Misanthropic Altman” were some of the eulogies showered on OpenAI CEO after his comments about selling AI like a utility went viral.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called his company’s deal with the U.S. Department of War (DOW) sloppy and opportunistic after the public fallout of Anthropic and DOW.
