Sam Altman
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Samuel Harris Altman is an American entrepreneur, investor, and the CEO of OpenAI. He is a leading figure in the artificial intelligence industry and previously served as the president of the startup accelerator Y Combinator.
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1.8‰ of what listeners heard
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- Negative 2
- Neutral 4
- Positive 1
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Mentions of Sam Altman per 1,000 mentions of anything, 7-day rolling, ai & tech.
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| Day | Share (7-day) | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | 2.06‰ | 2 |
| Sep 1 | 1.47‰ | 1 |
| Sep 3 | 2.07‰ | 4 |
| Sep 4 | 2.93‰ | 4 |
| Sep 5 | 3.04‰ | 1 |
| Sep 9 | 3.24‰ | 2 |
| Sep 10 | 3.01‰ | 3 |
| Sep 11 | 3.65‰ | 8 |
| Sep 12 | 4.01‰ | 1 |
| Sep 14 | 5.87‰ | 11 |
| Sep 15 | 5.21‰ | 1 |
| Sep 16 | 6.33‰ | 8 |
| Sep 17 | 6.32‰ | 4 |
| Sep 18 | 5.91‰ | 6 |
| Sep 19 | 5.70‰ | 2 |
| Sep 21 | 4.83‰ | 6 |
| Sep 22 | 5.96‰ | 3 |
| Sep 23 | 5.42‰ | 5 |
| Sep 24 | 5.40‰ | 2 |
| Sep 25 | 5.26‰ | 5 |
| Sep 26 | 5.29‰ | 2 |
| Sep 28 | 5.11‰ | 5 |
| Sep 29 | 5.84‰ | 8 |
| Sep 30 | 5.74‰ | 6 |
| Oct 1 | 5.30‰ | 1 |
| Oct 2 | 5.17‰ | 6 |
| Oct 3 | 5.28‰ | 2 |
| Oct 5 | 5.01‰ | 4 |
| Oct 6 | 4.23‰ | 3 |
| Oct 7 | 3.57‰ | 3 |
Why is it trending?· Last 7 days
Sam Altman draws scrutiny over OpenAI’s models, scraping and governance
Claude AI Daily discussed OpenAI releasing model improvements shortly after Anthropic’s new models, while describing Elon Musk’s contrasting reactions to Anthropic and Sam Altman.[1]
The 404 Media Podcast joked about a movie portraying Sam Altman as repeatedly ordering content to be scraped and downloaded, amid discussion of AI’s effect on the internet.[2]
On All-In, David Sacks criticized Sam Altman and Dario for calling at the United Nations for global AI governance, arguing that collective approaches defray accountability.[3]
The shows differ in emphasis: Claude AI Daily focused on model releases, 404 Media on a satirical scraping portrayal, and All-In on the accountability and governance argument.[2][1][3]
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- 1.Claude AI Daily · Anthropic Releases Opus 5.5, OpenAI Unveils New ModelsSpeaker B · Sep 22 · Listen at 8:41 ↗
“but they're also one of his biggest customers at his Colossus. Data center where they pay him almost $1 billion a month, or maybe a little over $1 billion a month for compute. So anytime Anthropic comes out with a new model, Elon's saying c”
- 2.The 404 Media Podcast · OpenAI Admits AI is Killing the InternetJason Koebler · Sep 23 · Listen at 20:38 ↗
“hope that— hope against hope that there's, like, some nod to, like, this was fucked up, this was wrong what they did. And I guess we'll see. I don't know. It's going to make, like, the world's most boring movie at some point where it's just”
- 3.All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · Anthropic IPO at Risk, Meta's Muse Pop, Token Prices Fall, Open Source Gains Share, Alignment FailsDavid Sacks · Sep 26 · Listen at 7:33 ↗
“And the problem with talking about these collectivized approaches is that they defray accountability away from the actual decision maker. And I, I think people sort of feel this, you know, like this week you had Dario and Sam go to the Unit”
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