{"id":117590,"date":"2026-03-10T04:36:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T07:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tech.einnews.com\/article\/898445920"},"modified":"2026-03-10T04:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T07:36:21","slug":"the-big-tech-show-who-is-sam-altman-inside-his-life-and-his-chatgpt-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/the-big-tech-show-who-is-sam-altman-inside-his-life-and-his-chatgpt-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Tech Show: Who is Sam Altman? 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indo-b48c4984_left\">Open AI chief Sam Altman speaks during Snowflake Summit 2025 in San Francisco<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indo-c0ff676e_displayflex indo-223c7e83_root indo-1d70522a_marginbottom3 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-26838ee5_paddingbottom4 indo-26838ee5_paddingtop4\">\n<div class=\"indo-1d70522a_marginright2 indo-a5a70c0_boxcolumn\"><time class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-c0ff676e_displayblock indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular\" datetime=\"2026-03-10T06:16:46Z\" data-testid=\"article-date\">Today at 07:16<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-26838ee5_paddingleft0 indo-26838ee5_paddingright0 indo-7199e23_root indo-804a7bc3_root\" data-auth-intro=\"article\" data-testid=\"article-intro\">\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\">Who is Sam Altman and why does he matter so much to artificial intelligence? What do we really know about his views on risk, control and power in the AI race?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-26838ee5_paddingleft0 indo-26838ee5_paddingright0 indo-804a7bc3_root\" data-testid=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\">Ellen Huet, features writer with Bloomberg News and host of the Foundering podcast, joins Adrian Weckler on The Big Tech Show this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\">Altman, CEO of OpenAI, runs the company behind ChatGPT. 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