iHeartMedia podcast features OpenAI CEO Altman saying one-person $1 billion AI firm exists

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  • iHeartMedia podcast “Mostly Human with Laurie Segall” aired an interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, his first since OpenAI shut down Sora and struck a deal with Department of War.
  • Altman defended working with government on national security, saying governments should be more powerful than AI companies.
  • He said OpenAI weighed integrating Sora into ChatGPT, then shelved it due to compute constraints and concerns over incentives tied to scaling inside core product.
  • Altman said he believes one-person, billion-dollar company powered by AI agents already exists.
  • He warned of near-term job disruption, calling for economic redesign as AI accelerates scientific discovery.


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