Better Offline

Investigating Altman With Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz

April 9, 2026·43 min·3-min readroundtabletechnology
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Sam Altman’s leadership at OpenAI is defined by a persistent pattern of contradictory messaging—promising AI safety and nonprofit integrity while simultaneously pursuing massive profit-driven deals—culminating in a brief firing and reinstatement that revealed deeper structural failures in

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Ronan Farrow

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Sam AltmanRonan FarrowAndrew MarantzEd ZitronElon MuskDario AmodeiGreg Brockman

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OpenAIMicrosoftAnthropic

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Artificial IntelligenceEthicsInvestigative JournalismLeadershipStartupsTech News

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