
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images You don’t build a trillion dollar AI empire by being a saint. In a seeping new investigative piece from The New Yorker, numerous tech insiders paint a picture of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as a relentless liar who wants everyone to like him while manipulating even the people closest to him to get what he wants. AI safety, in this slippery portrait of Altman, is merely a barga