When Sam Altman first told ABC News in March 2023 that he and his OpenAI colleagues were “a little bit scared” of just how good the artificial intelligence (AI) systems they were unleashing are, it sounded like a cautious scientist’s plea for sober guardrails.

The C.E.O. of OpenAI helped usher artificial intelligence into public life. Now, as fears and fortunes mount, his own transformation is just beginning.

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Altman said older people tend to use ChatGPT as a "Google replacement" while college students use it like an operating system.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said different generations use ChatGPT in different ways. Younger people tend to use it more as an advisor, while older generations use it as a replacement for a search tool, like Google.

Two journalists explore the artificial intelligence company OpenAI and present complementary portraits of its notorious co-founder.

OpenAI has announced the launch of its io Products, founded by former Apple chief designer Sir Jony Ive and Sam Altman, in a deal valued at $6.5bn. The agreement brings one of the world’s most influential product designers into OpenAI’s leadership as the artificial intelligence (AI) company expands into consumer hardware.

Even after an uncommonly eventful week for generative AI-centric device development, we don’t know much about what consumers really want.