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@keachhagey.bsky.social

The parents of Adam Raine, the 16-year-old who hanged himself after months of talking about suicide to ChatGPT, have filed an amended complaint that alleges OpenAI twice loosened its rules for discussing suicide before his death. Scoop w/ the great Sam Schechner www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...

Jeff Horwitz @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social · 10mo ago

1. Great story by my former colleagues 2. I don't think copyright law works like that www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...

Exclusive | OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out

Executives at the company notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

wsj.com

@keachhagey.bsky.social · last yr.

Excited that Amazon has named THE OPTIMIST the #3 best business and leadership book of 2025 so far: www.amazon.com/b/?_encoding...

@keachhagey.bsky.social · last yr.

Fun talking to @jimsciutto.bsky.social about Sam Altman, Jony Ive, OpenAI and THE OPTIMIST video.snapstream.net/Play/9Ip3w8n...

The Brief with Jim Sciutto - Keach Hagey joins The Brief

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@keachhagey.bsky.social · last yr.

Thanks, @richardwaters.bsky.social for the great review of THE OPTIMIST in the Financial Times! “Timely and myth-busting” — Richard Waters, Financial Times www.ft.com/content/1721...

50501 New York @50501newyork.bsky.social · last yr.

The quasi-religious cult in Silicon Valley attempting to produce a super intelligent AI of course has ties to the techno-fascist billionaire Peter Thiel. This article shares a must read excerpt from The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future, by @keachhagey.bsky.social.

How Peter Thiel’s Relationship With Eliezer Yudkowsky Launched the AI Revolution

The AI doomer and the AI boomer both created each other's monsters. An excerpt from "The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future."

wired.com

@keachhagey.bsky.social · last yr.

Thanks, @davidenrich.bsky.social!

David Enrich@davidenrich.bsky.social · last yr.

I highly recommend @keachhagey.bsky.social’s new book, THE OPTIMIST, about Sam Altman. Fascinating, beautifully written and (at least to me) deeply unnerving. wwnorton.com/books/978132...

@keachhagey.bsky.social · last yr.

Thanks, @thefrontlist.org!

Adam Morgan@adamm0rgan.bsky.social · last yr.

Did writing the first biography of Sam Altman make @keachhagey.bsky.social more or less optimistic about the future? I asked her for The Frontlist. www.thefrontlist.org/p/exclusive-...

@keachhagey.bsky.social · last yr.

Thanks, @caseynewton.bsky.social and @kevinroose.bsky.social, for a great conversation about the real reasons behind OpenAI’s blip and my new book about Sam Altman: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/p...

@keachhagey.bsky.social · last yr.

In its starred review, Publishers Weekly calls The OPTIMIST a “fleet-footed biography” full of “crackerjack reporting.” “The first major biography of tech’s newest titan, this sets a high bar for those to follow.” www.publishersweekly.com/9781324075967

@keachhagey.bsky.social · last yr.

Had a great time talking to @leolaporte.me, @jeffjarvis.bsky.social, @richcampbell.bsky.social on the Intelligent Machines podcast @twit.tv about why Sam Altman got fired (briefly) and my new biography of him, THE OPTIMIST wwnorton.com/books/978132...

The Optimist

“The first major biography of tech’s newest titan, this sets a high bar for those to follow.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review<br /><br /> “An exemplary blend of biograp...

wwnorton.com

TWiT Tech Podcasts@twit.tv · last yr.

New Podcast Episode: Intelligent Machines: The Optimist Keach Hagey, Twitter Leak, Skylight with @leolaporte.me, @jeffjarvis.bsky.social, @richcampbell.bsky.social, @keachhagey.bsky.social

@keachhagey.bsky.social · last yr.

Great fun to chat with @ajkeen.bsky.social about Sam Altman, OpenAI, and my forthcoming book, THE OPTIMIST, which comes out in May. Preorder now: wwnorton.com/books/978132...

The Optimist

“The first major biography of tech’s newest titan, this sets a high bar for those to follow.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review<br /><br /> “An exemplary blend of biograp...

wwnorton.com

Andrew Keen@ajkeen.bsky.social · last yr.

@keachhagey.bsky.social on Sam Altman: THE SALESMAN keenon.substack.com/p/episode-24...

@keachhagey.bsky.social · last yr.

“Hagey's account suggests that [the old OpenAI board’s] reasons were much better than we knew at the time. And the world today might look very different had someone said so when it mattered.” — @caseynewton.bsky.social on the excerpt from my Sam Altman biography, THE OPTIMIST bit.ly/4l9FISm

Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · last yr.

An excerpt from @keachhagey.bsky.social's new book on Sam Altman explains in the greatest detail yet why the board fired him in 2023 — and raises the question of what would have happened if the board had told us all this at the time www.platformer.news/we-finally-k...

nowing what we know now, we know the board might have said: Altman did not inform the board that the company had developed and planned to release ChatGPT. He claimed that three enhancements to GPT-4 had been approved by a joint safety board the company had established with Microsoft; in fact, only one had been approved. Altman also let Microsoft test GPT-4 in India without the safety board's approval.

Imagine if the board had said that Altman also owned the OpenAI Startup Fund, an investment vehicle, personally — something else he hadn't told them about. (He explained that the fund was in his name for tax purposes, and meant to be a temporary arrangement, but the situation had persisted for two years.)

Imagine if the board had said that they were responding to concerns from top executives, who had complained about his leadership for months, and supplemented their allegations with dozens of examples, many of which were supported by screenshots from Slack.

@keachhagey.bsky.social · last yr.

Great chatting with @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social @beckyquick.bsky.social at @squawkboxx.bsky.social this morning about my biography of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, THE OPTIMIST, coming May 20 from Norton. bit.ly/4hRzhR1