Soon after ChatGPT was released to the public in late 2022, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees they were on the cusp of a new technological revolution.
OpenAI could soon become “the most important company in the history of Silicon Valley,” Altman said, according to two former OpenAI employees who heard his remarks.
There is no shortage of ambition in the U.S. tech industry. Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos often speak of transforming the world. Tesla head Elon Musk aims to colonize Mars.
Even by those standards, Altman’s aspirations stand out.
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