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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 345

Sam Altman

OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman (center) and Ilya Sutskever (right) on a panel at Tel Aviv University, June 5, 2023. (Chen Galili)
June 20, 2024, 5:51 pm
OpenAI co-founder creates a new AI startup with a research lab in Tel Aviv
Safe Superintelligence, co-founded by Ilya Sutskever, plans to open offices in Palo Alto and Tel Aviv to recruit top talent and hire the world’s best engineers and researchers
By Sharon Wrobel
Founder and CEO of US artificial intelligence company OpenAI Sam Altman speaks at the Tel Aviv University in the eponymous Israeli city, on June 5, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)
December 9, 2023, 1:03 pm
OpenAI’s Sam Altman says he was ‘totally wrong’ to call antisemitism overblown
Artificial intelligence pioneer says he was mistaken to argue that antisemitism, particularly on the left, was ‘not as bad as people claimed’
By ToI Staff
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman participates in a discussion during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, San Francisco, November 16, 2023. (Eric Risberg/AP)
November 22, 2023, 6:55 pm
OpenAI brings back Sam Altman as CEO, days after firing him
Shuffle at the top of company that made ChatGPT will see reinstated co-founder answer to different board of directors than panel that pushed him out
By Matt O'Brien
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (R) speaks as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (L) looks on during the OpenAI DevDay event on November 06, 2023 in San Francisco, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North America/Getty Images via AFP)
November 20, 2023, 2:05 pm
ChatGPT founder Sam Altman hired by Microsoft, days after OpenAI let him go
OpenAI board cites ‘behavior and lack of transparency’ as reason for firing CEO, appoints Emmett Shear as interim replacement
By AFP
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law hearing on artificial intelligence, Tuesday, May 16, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP/Patrick Semansky)
November 18, 2023, 2:57 am
OpenAI pushes out co-founder and CEO Sam Altman, says he wasn’t ‘consistently candid’
Board of ChatGPT-maker says it ‘no longer has confidence’ in Altman, names Mira Murati, chief technology officer, as interim CEO
By Matt O'Brien
A DALL-E illustration created by Shoshanna Solomon: A futuristic cyborg riding a wave in the middle of the sea with an Israeli flag in the background.
August 2, 2023, 8:26 pm
As AI rides global wave, troubled Israel risks missing the splash
If judicial overhaul turmoil prevents Israel from being part of AI revolution, ‘we will weep for generations;’ argues expert who led task force on national cybersecurity policy
By Shoshanna Solomon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Cybertech Israel Conference and Exhibition, in Tel Aviv, attended by thousands of leading multi-national corporates, SMB's, start-ups, private and corporate investors, venture capital firms, experts and clients. January 31, 2016. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90/File)
June 5, 2023, 10:28 pm
Israel to develop policies for AI use, Netanyahu says after talks with Musk, Altman
PM trumpets country’s potential as powerhouse, claims US leaders in field also believe Israel will become major AI player following phone calls with heads of Twitter and OpenAI
By Jeremy Sharon
OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman (center) and Ilya Sutskever (right) on a panel at Tel Aviv University, June 5, 2023. (Chen Galili)
June 5, 2023, 9:06 pm
Israel will have ‘huge role’ to play in AI revolution, OpenAI’s Sam Altman says
Visiting co-founder of Microsoft-backed OpenAI says firm is examining various investment options in Israel; meets with President Herzog, speaks to high-tech leaders and students
By Sharon Wrobel
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during a keynote address announcing ChatGPT integration for Bing at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, on February 7, 2023. (Jason Redmond / AFP)
May 29, 2023, 1:52 pm
OpenAI’s Sam Altman to visit Tel Aviv next week as part of worldwide AI tour
Co-founder and CEO of artificial intelligence lab is expected to visit a Microsoft Israel R&D center and take part in Tel Aviv University event
By Sharon Wrobel
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during a keynote address announcing ChatGPT integration for Bing at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, on February 7, 2023. (Jason Redmond / AFP)
May 17, 2023, 6:07 am
Sam Altman: The quick, deep thinker leading OpenAI
The entrepreneur and founder, who is Jewish, is emerging as the tech titan of the artificial intelligence age
By Glenn Chapman
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