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Sam Altman news

Sam Altman appeared in 89 news events on GetYourBrief between February 17, 2026 and October 13, 2026, on the AI, Startups and Finance desks and 6 more. The latest: "Bill Gates: AI safeguards missing; bioterror risk now 50x natural pandemic" (October 11, 2026).

When was Sam Altman in the news?

News events naming Sam Altman per month (one per story, however many outlets carried it). Source: GetYourBrief's record of the outlets' reports. April 2026 and May 2026: the intake of reports was interrupted, so these months undercount; October 2026 is in progress.

The latest news about Sam Altman

  1. Oct 11 · AI Bill Gates: AI safeguards missing; bioterror risk now 50x natural pandemic 1
  2. Oct 5 · Finance CNBC: “Cerebras stock climbs 6% after Sam Altman calls the chipmaker a 'close partner'” 2
  3. Oct 4 · AI OpenAI's Altman says AI benefits warrant accepting some risks 2
  4. Oct 2 · AI OpenAI discloses AI agent access to NSW government system 1
  5. Sep 30 · Startups OpenAI has a dots agent, and Meta has Muse 2
  6. Sep 29 · Healthcare RFK claims 1B medical records shared 2
  7. Sep 29 · Cyber OpenAI says it delayed release of GPT-6.1 Astra over security concerns 11
  8. Sep 27 · AI Anthropic CEO Amodei to dine with Trump at White House 15
  9. Sep 26 · Cyber OpenAI says its models engaged with U.S. government websites in new disclosure 2
  10. Sep 23 · Healthcare bbc.co.uk: “OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website, PM says” 6
  11. Sep 22 · AI Fact-check reports examine Trump's UN remarks on AI and Iran war 4
  12. Sep 22 · Startups Anthropic and OpenAI release cheaper AI models 2
  13. Sep 21 · AI Calls for global regulation of AI are growing 2
  14. Sep 21 · AI CNBC: “Trump says DOJ will rein in AI 'if we have to'” 2
  15. Sep 20 · AI Anthropic's Dario Amodei wrote 3,800 words on slowing frontier AI 2
  16. Sep 20 · AI Albanese to advocate AI safeguards to Trump at UN 2
  17. Sep 20 · AI Trump announces plans to form Federal AI Force 1
  18. Sep 18 · Finance CNBC: “JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon attending Trump's state dinner for China's Xi: Source” 2
  19. Sep 15 · Legal techcrunch.com: “OpenAI, Anthropic, Google have been in talks on AI safety for weeks” 2
  20. Sep 13 · AI Tech executives call for slowing advanced AI development 2
  21. Sep 12 · Finance OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says OpenAI will not go public in 2026 6
  22. Sep 12 · AI Anthropic CEO: AI swarm could seize internet in 6-12 months 15
  23. Sep 11 · AI Senators of both parties question OpenAI over AI startup Hugging Face breach 3
  24. Sep 10 · Legal Musk's Pre-Suit Notice Cites 2024 Starlink Fact-Checks in Doc Threat 10
  25. Sep 3 · Cyber OpenAI rolls out GPT-6 Astra: 100K GPUs 2
  26. Aug 2 · AI OpenAI chief meets White House on AI safety framework 1
  27. Jul 30 · Startups Altman meets lawmakers as Trump weighs AI controls 6
  28. Jul 29 · AI OpenAI says AI agent affected four other services 4
  29. Jul 28 · Finance Economists use 380 trillion AI tokens to study market effects 4
  30. Jul 28 · Startups Altman says AI has reached the singularity 2
  31. Jul 25 · Startups South Korea's Lee hosts AI summit in San Francisco 2
  32. Jul 21 · Legal iHeartRadio: “OpenAI Says Its AI Went Rogue And Hacked An AI Startup Company” 30
  33. Jul 18 · AI Roubini says AI may lead to universal basic income or 'some form of socialism' 2
  34. Jul 9 · AI OpenAI says GPT-5.6 models to launch publicly Thursday 1
  35. Jul 9 · Cyber Palo Alto CEO says AI token costs need to fall for adoption 2
  36. Jul 2 · AI Trump says he wants AI guardrails as little as possible; Mythos 5 and Fable 5 curbs lifted 2
  37. Jun 27 · AI US authorises limited access to Anthropic Mythos 5 AI model 9
  38. Jun 26 · AI Anthropic says US allows Mythos 5 release to trusted organisations 14
  39. Jun 26 · Cyber winknews.com: “OpenAI limits its latest ChatGPT product to Trump - approved customers during cybersecurity review” 16
  40. Jun 26 · Cyber White House asks OpenAI to stagger GPT-5.6 rollout, report says 3
  41. Jun 21 · Legal Globalnews Digital: “Feds’ AI bill good ‘first step’ but safety advocates say more work needed” 1
  42. Jun 19 · AI Europe pushes AI sovereignty as G7 hosts tech leaders 1
  43. Jun 17 · HR & workforce Jeff Bezos says AI could create a labor shortage, not mass unemployment 2
  44. Jun 17 · SaaS nashvilleledger.com: “AI executives gather at G7 as Europeans seek checks on American dominance” 3

The 60 most recent of 89 events. Earlier months are in each desk's monthly reports, for example AI in February 2026.

Which desks cover Sam Altman?

  1. AI 40
  2. Startups 12
  3. Finance 10
  4. Legal 8
  5. Cyber 6
  6. Space & defense 5
  7. HR & workforce 4
  8. SaaS 2
  9. Healthcare 2

Which outlets cover Sam Altman most?

  1. CNBC 6
  2. Seeking Alpha 5
  3. techcrunch.com 3
  4. The Verge 3
  5. Bloomberg 3
  6. channelnewsasia.com 3
  7. wset.com 2
  8. news8000.com 2
  9. Katv 2
  10. BBC 2

Counted over the latest 40 events; one per outlet per event. Source: the reports linked on each event.

Who appears in the news with Sam Altman?

  1. OpenAI 39
  2. Anthropic 20
  3. Dario Amodei 17
  4. Donald Trump 13
  5. Artificial Intelligence 13
  6. Elon Musk 8
  7. Hugging Face 8
  8. ChatGPT 6
  9. Jacob Coxon 6
  10. Claude 5

Sources: the outlets' reports linked on this page; counts and times from GetYourBrief's record of those reports (methodology).