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Sam Altman

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559 articles decelerating

Sam Altman has appeared in 559 articles since 2015-03. Coverage peaked in 2026Q1 with 80 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside OpenAI, Altman, Microsoft, Elon Musk.

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559
mentions
Velocity
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growth rate
Acceleration
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velocity change
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89
publications
Bedrock
Microsoft's seven-year exclusive cloud deal with OpenAI ended Monday. On Tuesday, OpenAI's models went live on AWS Bedrock — alongside Anthropic, Mistral, and L...
The Starting Line
On April 18, OpenAI lost three executives in a single day — Kevin Weil, Bill Peebles, Srinivas Narayanan. The same day, Recursive Superintelligence — a four-mon...
Nine Each
On April 17, OpenAI and Anthropic each appeared in nine articles — the first clean tie in a ratio that was 6.5 in 2024. One of OpenAI's nine was the disclosure ...
The Convergence
Anthropic was founded to be the opposite of OpenAI. In Q1 2026, for the first time, the knowledge graph can't tell them apart. Both companies arrived at the sam...
"We've Achieved AGI"
Jensen Huang told Lex Fridman that AGI has been achieved. The same day, OpenAI guaranteed private equity firms a 17.5% minimum return and signed a 5-gigawatt el...

Coverage Timeline

2026-05-12
Bloomberg 34 related

Musk v. Altman: Altman testified that in 2017 Musk demanded complete control of a proposed OpenAI for-profit arm, musing that he would pass it to his children

OpenAI's Sam Altman testified that he was “extremely uncomfortable” with Elon Musk's insistence that he have complete control …

2026-04-25
Wall Street Journal 18 related

Sam Altman apologizes to a Canadian town for not alerting police to the activity of a mass shooting suspect when her ChatGPT account was suspended

Sam Altman said AI company will work more closely with governments to prevent future tragedies  —  OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman apologized …

2026-04-24
Wall Street Journal 3 related

Sam Altman apologizes to a Canadian town for not alerting police to the activity of a mass shooting suspect when her ChatGPT account was suspended

Sam Altman said AI company will work more closely with governments to prevent future tragedies  —  OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman apologized …

2026-04-14
New York Times 65 related

US affidavit: the man charged with attacking Sam Altman's home had a document that “identified views opposed” to AI and included other AI executives' addresses

The authorities said a 20-year-old Texas man charged with throwing a homemade bomb at the gate of Sam Altman's home …

2026-04-13
The San Francisco Standard 36 related

Police report: Sam Altman's home appears to have been targeted in a second attack after a gun was fired from a car early on April 12; police arrest two suspects

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home appears to have been the target of a second attack Sunday morning, a mere two days …

2026-04-12
The San Francisco Standard 10 related

Police report: Sam Altman's home appears to have been targeted in a second attack after a gun appeared to have been fired at his home from a car early Sunday

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home appears to have been the target of a second attack Sunday morning, a mere two days …

2026-04-11
Wired 58 related

San Francisco police arrested a suspect for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's home and also making threats outside OpenAI's headquarters

An attacker allegedly threw a molotov cocktail at the OpenAI CEO's residence before making threats outside of the startup's headquarters.

Sam Altman 71 related

Sam Altman reflects on the attack on his house, OpenAI's success, personal regrets, and advocates for de-escalating rhetoric and tactics in the AI industry

Here is a photo of my family.  I love them more than anything.  —  Images have power, I hope.  Normally we try to be pretty private …

2026-04-10
Wired 47 related

San Francisco police arrested a suspect for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's home and also making threats outside OpenAI's headquarters

An attacker allegedly threw a molotov cocktail at the OpenAI CEO's residence before making threats outside of the startup's headquarters.

2026-04-07
New Yorker 23 related

Interviews with Sam Altman and 100+ people on if he can be trusted amid allegations of consistent lying and more: some defend him as others call him a sociopath

Slack messages and H.R. documents, some photographed on a cellphone to avoid detection on company devices.  One memo begins with a list: “Sam exhibits a consistent pattern of...” The first item is “Ly...

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Quarterly Coverage

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Narrative

Sam Altman has appeared in 460 Techmeme articles since March 2015. The biggest stories include Satya Nadella says Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI staff will join Microsoft's new... and Source: OpenAI's board had agreed to resign and let Sam Altman and Greg Brockman return,.... Frequently covered alongside Altman, OpenAI, Elon Musk, Microsoft, and Greg Brockman. Coverage has increasingly focused on consumer themes.

Key Moments

2024Q2safety +7pts; consumer +16pts; regulation -12pts
2024Q3enterprise +7pts; safety -5pts; consumer -25pts
2024Q4enterprise -13pts; safety -6pts; developer +6pts

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