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Rewind: Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s ‘unconstrained’ relationship with the truth
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Episode Rewind: Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s ‘unconstrained’ relationship with the truth
Hey everybody, it’s Nilay. We’re off today for the holiday, and we’ll be back this Thursday with new episodes. In the meantime, we wanted to revisit a conversation from earlier this year I had with investigative journalist and New Yorker contributor Ronan Farrow, all about the in-depth feature on OpenAI CEO Sam Altman he co-authored with Andrew Marantz.
The conversation holds up remarkably well, and I think it tells us a lot about the current moment, as calls for meaningful federal AI oversight have ground to a halt yet again. Enjoy.
Links:
• Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted? | The New Yorker • Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s ‘unconstrained’ relationship with the truth | Decoder • Does AI need an antitrust exemption so it doesn’t kill everyone? | Decoder • Inside the suddenly explosive world of AI safety | The Verge • Here’s what AI leaders are saying about Trump’s new safety plan | The Verge
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Links in the notes 7
- https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/sam-altman-may-control-our-future-can-he-be-trusted
- https://www.theverge.com/podcast/911753/sam-altman-openai-ronan-farrow-new-yorker-feature-trust-liar-ai-industry
- https://www.theverge.com/podcast/997382/openai-microsoft-anthropic-elon-musk-cartel-ai-competition
- https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/996563/ai-safety-research-metr-redwood-openai-anthropic
- https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1002636/ai-execs-trump-self-policing-deal-comments
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