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The Optimist Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future

Hardcover • 2025 • English

The Optimist Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future

By Keach Hagey

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About the book

On November 30, 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT, a chatbot that captivated the world with its uncanny ability to hold humanlike conversations. Not even a year later, on November 17, 2023, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, was summarily fired on a video call by the company's board. The firing made headlines around the globe: OpenAI is the leader in the race to build AGI--artificial general intelligence, or AI that can think like a human being--and Altman is the most prominent figure in the field. Yet ...Show more

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9781324075967

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W. W. Norton, Incorporated

Published year

2025

Language

English

Original title

The Optimist Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future

Format

Hardcover

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