New Yorker probes Sam Altman and OpenAI

An 18-month New Yorker investigation found Sam Altman lobbied against proposed AI regulations. It also found he courted funding from Gulf states and concealed internal personnel moves at OpenAI. The reporting draws on new interviews and closely guarded documents gathered over a year and a half. This matters because Altman leads OpenAI, which controls powerful AI, and these findings raise clear governance, safety, and conflict of interest concerns.