OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman sat down for a wide-ranging interview with this editor late last week, answering questions about some of his most ambitious personal investments, as well as about the future of OpenAI.
There was much to discuss. The now eight-year-old outfit has dominated the national conversation in the two months since it released ChatGPT, a chatbot that answers questions like a person. OpenAI’s products haven’t just astonished users; the company is reportedly in talks to oversee the sale of existing shares to new investors at a $29 billion valuation despite its comparatively nominal revenue.
Altman declined to talk about the company’s current business dealings, firing a bit of a warning shot when asked a related question during our sit-down.
He did reveal a bit about the company’s plans going forward, however. For one thing, in addition to ChatGPT and the outfit’s popula …
