Sam Altman
Jul 13, 2026
Sam Altman's Space Data Center Doubts Backed by Experts
Sam Altman publicly dismissed space-based data centers as impractical, but his hot take isn't as contrarian as it seems. Most infrastructure experts already agree the economics and physics don't add up — at least not yet. Here's why Altman's trash talk is closer to consensus than controversy.
Sam Altman
Data Centers
AI Infrastructure
Jul 10, 2026
OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6, Unveils ChatGPT Work
After weeks of regulatory limbo, OpenAI has received the Trump administration's greenlight to roll out GPT-5.6 to the public. Alongside the model release, the company announced ChatGPT Work — a new AI agent that brings Codex's capabilities to non-technical users.
OpenAI
GPT-5.6
ChatGPT Work
Jul 2, 2026
OpenAI Reportedly Offered Trump a 5% Equity Stake
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has floated giving the US government a 5% ownership stake in the company — worth over $42 billion at current valuation — as a strategy to ease tensions with the Trump administration and soften public resistance to AI. The proposal would make American citizens indirect financial beneficiaries of the AI boom.
AI investment
AI policy
equity