Sam Altman

"the company is not focused on timing and will go public when it makes sense."

"the company is not focused on timing and will go public when it makes sense."

"They (Meta) started making giant offers to a lot of people on our team, you know, like $100 million signing bonuses, more than that (in) compensation per year."

"The world should 'urgently' look to regulate AI."

"I was in no rush to take OpenAI public, and that he would do it 'when it makes sense'."

"We expect it to leak so we’re just announcing it."

"We recently submitted a confidential S-1. We expect it to leak so we’re just announcing it."

"We have not decided on timing yet; it may be a while because there are things we want to do that are likely easier as a private company."

"We recently submitted a confidential S-1. We expect it to leak so we’re just announcing it."

"I think we’ll have a lot of ways we can help people get more value for less spend."

"The central question now is how to make advanced AI abundant, affordable, safe, useful and easy enough for every person and organisation to benefit from it."

"AI is a new and powerful technology, and we work every day to safely bring its benefits to people in a responsible way. We take the concerns raised by state attorneys general seriously and intend to engage constructively with their offices."

"It is clearly incredible marketing to say, ‘We have built a bomb. We were about to drop it on your head. We will sell you a bomb shelter for $100 million.’"

"OpenAI expects total revenue of over US$280 billion by 2030."

"OpenAI is committed to spending $1.4 trillion to develop 30 gigawatts of computing resources."

"OpenAI is committed to spending $1.4 trillion to develop 30 gigawatts of computing resources."

"AI is a new and powerful technology, and we work every day to safely bring its benefits to people in a responsible way."

"OpenAI is committed to spending $1.4 trillion to develop 30 gigawatts of computing resources."

"OpenAI is committed to spending $1.4 trillion to develop 30 gigawatts of computing resources."

"OpenAI is committed to spending US$1.4 trillion to develop 30 gigawatts of computing resources – enough to power roughly 25 million US homes."

"Chat GPT is not responsible for this terrible crime."

"We put them into our agreement."

"questioned the Pentagon's 'threatening' move."

"Two of our most important safety principles are prohibitions on domestic mass surveillance and human responsibility for the use of force, including for autonomous weapon systems."

"The issues are super complex, and demand clear communication."

"We were genuinely trying to de-escalate things and avoid a much worse outcome, but I think it just looked opportunistic and sloppy."

"We shouldn’t have rushed to get this out on Friday. The issues are super complex, and demand clear communication. We were genuinely trying to de-escalate things and avoid a much worse outcome, but I think it just looked opportunistic and sloppy."

"Good learning experience for me as we face higher-stakes decisions in the future."

"The Department understands this limitation to prohibit deliberate tracking, surveillance, or monitoring of U.S. persons or nationals."

"Any services to those agencies would require a follow-on modification to our contract."

"There are many things the technology just isn’t ready for, and many areas we don’t yet understand the tradeoffs required for safety."

"I would not accept any unconstitutional order by the US Department of Defense over its AI systems, even if that led me to prison."

"We really wanted to de-escalate things, and we thought the deal on offer was good."

"Two of our most important safety principles are prohibitions on domestic mass surveillance and human responsibility for the use of force, including for autonomous weapon systems."

"'opportunistic and sloppy'"

"DeepSeek an 'impressive model.'"

"a legend, adding he was very thankful for everything he has done."

""rushed""

"We believe our agreement with the Pentagon creates a workable path for responsible national security uses of AI while making clear our red lines: no domestic surveillance and no autonomous weapons."

"OpenAI remains committed to working with government and law enforcement officials to make meaningful changes that help prevent tragedies like this in the future."

"OpenAI remains committed to working with government and law enforcement officials to make meaningful changes that help prevent tragedies like this in the future."

"OpenAI remains committed to working with government and law enforcement officials to make meaningful changes that help prevent tragedies like this in the future."

"It’s bad for society when companies abandon democratic norms because they dislike who’s in power."

"If y'all can't understand that this was written to purely brag about the model then I don't know what to tell you."

"We’re saying goodbye to the Sora app. To everyone who created with Sora, shared it, and built community around it: thank you."

"I mean, there could be yeah."

"we may have to pace the rate of AI development."

""We need to act wisely but with conviction.""

"We see huge potential for the UK’s AI future, and we support the government’s ambition to be an AI leader."

"Everything starts with compute. Compute infrastructure will be the basis for the economy of the future, and we will utilize what we’re building with Nvidia to both create new AI breakthroughs and empower people and businesses with them at scale."

"AI compute is foundational to that goal."

"Thankfully, no one was hurt."

"We deeply appreciate how quickly SFPD responded and the support from the city in helping keep our employees safe."

"Thankfully, no one was hurt."

"Early this morning, someone threw a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman’s home and also made threats at our San Francisco headquarters. Thankfully, no one was hurt."

"we should de-escalate the rhetoric and tactics and try to have fewer explosions in fewer homes, figuratively and literally."

"We always said we would take action if we felt that model capabilities were outstripping the pace of safety."

"I'm not afraid for the future as long as we can tell between the two."

""Tim Cook is a legend. I am very thankful for everything he has done and I am very thankful for Apple.""

"The pain your community has endured is unimaginable."

"While I know that words can never be enough, I believe an apology is necessary to recognize the harm and irreversible loss your community has suffered."

"I cannot imagine anything worse in this world than losing a child."

"I am deeply sorry that we did not alert law enforcement to the account that was banned in June."

"I want to express my deepest condolences to the entire community."

"I am deeply sorry that we did not alert law enforcement to the account that was banned in June."

"My heart remains with the victims."

"I am deeply sorry that we did not alert law enforcement to the account that was banned in June."

"I want to express my deepest condolences to the entire community."

"No one should ever have to endure a tragedy like this. I cannot imagine anything worse in the world than losing a child."

"no one should ever have to endure a tragedy like this"

"I am deeply sorry that we did not alert law enforcement to the account that was banned in June."

"I want to express my deepest condolences to the entire community."

"I am deeply sorry that we did not alert law enforcement to the account that was banned in June."

"deeply sorry that law enforcement was not alerted to Van Rootselaar's ChatGPT account"

"the community's pain as 'unimaginable.'"

"I agree with Dario that we need to pace the frontier."

"OpenAI IPO will not happen in 2026 amid AI safety fears."

"We are totally aligned on buying as much compute as we can and working hard on it together every day."

"I am deeply sorry that we did not alert law enforcement."

""We need ways to ensure that alignment and safety techniques stay ahead of progress in model capabilities.""

"We should be very careful with AI."

"The world should trust that we are going to do the right thing because it's the right thing and we feel the magnitude of this."

"the model’s 'goblin moment.'"

"Feels like codex is having a ChatGPT moment. I meant a goblin moment, sorry."

"The world should trust that we are going to do the right thing because it's the right thing and we feel the magnitude of this."

"people were right to be concerned, but adding they should trust AI firms to keep the tech safe."

"The world should trust that we are going to do the right thing because it's the right thing and we feel the magnitude of this."

"We are in a bubble."

"You should expect OpenAI to spend trillions of dollars on datacenter construction."

"there were issues with protocols at OpenAI"

"If AI is to be democratic, the most important decisions cannot be made by labs in San Francisco alone."

"'issues with protocols' at OpenAI."

"You just give your dot a responsibility... and your dots will just get to work and keep working."

"Dots are remarkably capable, always-on agents that can handle really anything you can think of."

"Our investigation confirmed that these individuals mishandled sensitive information outside established company procedures, violating our policies and breaking the trust essential to our work."

"We have parted ways with three individuals for violating our policies on accessing and handling sensitive company information."

"A particularly hair-raising moment was when my co-founders asked, 'If you have control, what happens when you die?' He said something like, 'maybe it should pass to my children.'"