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Sam Altman's tech villain arc is underway


Sam Altman appears to be entering a new era. Recent exits from OpenAI's safety team and a dispute with Scarlett Johansson have brought scrutiny.

"Sam Altman is a hero of mine," former Google CEO Eric Schmidt tweeted in November "I, and billions of people, will benefit from his future work — it's going to be simply incredible. "Over the past years, safety culture and processes have taken a backseat to shiny products," Leike wrote in a series of social media posts announcing his departure. People believe them — pouring millions of dollars into their nebulous ideas — and soon, they are gracing the covers of magazines and headlining summits and conferences the world over.

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