With speculation online about OpenAI having reached the AGI stage of ChatGPT development, Sam Altman says that's not what's happening.

President Donald Trump spoke with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman by phone on Friday, ahead of the AI infrastructure announcement, CNBC has learned.

The tech leader and his family denied Ann Altman's accusations in a statement that was posted online just as the lawsuit went public.

On his X account, Sam Altman posted a letter signed by Democratic senators concerned about the ways tech companies appear to be bending to Trump’s wishes.

Vantage with Palki Sharma Sam Altman, head of OpenAI and the force behind ChatGPT, is at the centre of a legal battle following disturbing allegations from his sister, Ann Altman. Filed in a Missouri court,

Databricks said on Wednesday Meta Platforms had joined as an investor in a $10 billion funding round intended to fuel the data analytics startup's expansion plans and new product development.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called Stargate, “the most important project for this era” and promised that all of the new investment his company was making would help cure diseases. Altman was actually prompted by Trump to talk about the medical advances that AI would supposedly figure out.

US President Donald Trump has announced a $500 billion private-led artificial intelligence infrastructure investment called “Stargate,” which aims to build AI data centers across the country. Trump said in a Jan.

President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington, as Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son, Oracle chief technology officer Larry Ellison and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, listen. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

President Donald Trump will announce a venture with OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank to invest billions of dollars in U.S. AI infrastructure, sources said.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has watered down fans’ wild online speculation about his company's capability and rumors the company was close to AGI.