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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1.3‰ of what listeners heard
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Mentions of Sam Altman per 1,000 mentions of anything, 7-day rolling, markets & investing.
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| Day | Share (7-day) | Mentions |
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| Aug 9 | 0.63‰ | 1 |
| Aug 11 | 0.72‰ | 1 |
| Aug 20 | 0.52‰ | 2 |
| Aug 21 | 0.79‰ | 1 |
| Aug 23 | 1.06‰ | 1 |
| Aug 28 | 0.86‰ | 2 |
| Sep 1 | 0.75‰ | 1 |
| Sep 3 | 1.91‰ | 5 |
| Sep 4 | 2.04‰ | 3 |
| Sep 8 | 2.39‰ | 1 |
| Sep 10 | 1.38‰ | 1 |
| Sep 11 | 0.83‰ | 1 |
| Sep 13 | 1.06‰ | 1 |
| Sep 14 | 2.52‰ | 6 |
| Sep 15 | 2.79‰ | 2 |
| Sep 16 | 3.71‰ | 4 |
| Sep 17 | 3.80‰ | 2 |
| Sep 18 | 4.56‰ | 5 |
| Sep 20 | 4.69‰ | 2 |
| Sep 21 | 3.46‰ | 1 |
| Sep 23 | 2.73‰ | 4 |
| Sep 24 | 2.61‰ | 1 |
| Sep 25 | 2.83‰ | 6 |
| Sep 27 | 2.99‰ | 2 |
| Sep 28 | 2.92‰ | 1 |
| Sep 30 | 2.53‰ | 2 |
| Oct 1 | 2.69‰ | 2 |
| Oct 2 | 1.70‰ | 1 |
| Oct 4 | 1.65‰ | 2 |
| Oct 5 | 1.67‰ | 1 |
Why is it trending?· Last 30 days
AI safety concerns drive debate over slowing development and OpenAI’s IPO
Across Prof G Markets, Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing, and other shows, Sam Altman is described as agreeing with calls to slow frontier-model development because of safety and control concerns.[1][2][3]
Bloomberg Daybreak reports Altman saying OpenAI would slow training or releases when needed for safety, while the company scrapped plans for a GPT-6.1 Astra release after heightened risks and rogue hacking incidents.[4]
Equity Mates quotes Altman saying AI decisions should not be made by San Francisco labs alone and that models should not be trained without an extremely strong case for human control.[5]
Several shows connect those safety concerns to OpenAI’s public-market plans: Prof G Markets says Altman agreed OpenAI would not go public this year, while WSJ’s Take On the Week says he delayed IPO plans until at least next year.[1][6]
The shows disagree about the meaning of the safety messaging, with The Compound and Friends questioning whether the model withdrawal was genuine or a way to show OpenAI was cooperating, while WSJ’s Take On the Week calls the claims a debating point for investors.[7][6]
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- 1.Prof G Markets · He Warned AI Could Destroy Us. Now The Industry Is Listening — ft. Nick BostromEd Elson · Sep 18 · Listen at 2:02 ↗
“went viral and several other AI researchers came forward to say that they actually shared the same concerns. Then over the weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amadei published an essay calling for the industry to slow down the development of AI mo”
- 2.Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing · AI Leaders Want to Slow Down Development For…Tyler Smith · Sep 14 · Listen at 0:18 ↗
“has been a fair share of we need to slow AI development chatter out there. But this past weekend, that conversation appeared to hit a fever pitch. We had several employees leaving Anthropic and opening eye over safety concerns. And now both”
- 3.The Sunday Roast · S12 Ep4: The Sunday Roast featuring Luke Sartain, CEO of Narwhal Labs and Rory Harding, CEO of Arkle Resources plc #ARK #CMRS #DNM #OMI #BUCE #ACRM #RCGH #BRES #EPP #ATN #AJAX #GLR #KEN #INC #GDH #EGT #TGRPhil Carroll · Sep 20 · Listen at 4:00 ↗
“what a slowdown, slowdown might mean for the enormous amount of money that's obviously currently being spent on AI infrastructure. And I guess the other thing is, you know, we saw Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, has been arguing that th”
- 4.Bloomberg Daybreak: US Edition · Trump's AI Safety Switch, OpenAI Targets $1.4 Trillion ValueKaren Moscow · Sep 30 · Listen at 4:17 ↗
“Well, one tech leader that was not in Washington for the luncheon, Alexis— OpenAI's Sam Altman. He was at OpenAI's Dev Day in San Francisco. Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow was there and asked Altman about the safety of artificial intelligence.”
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