Sam Altman
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individual · Individual · listed
- Name
- Sam Altman
- Profile slug
- sam-altman
- Version
- 2
- Focus areas
- Frontier AI development
- AI governance & policy
- Public professional roles
- Not recorded
- Publicly stated affiliations
- Not recorded
- Media channels
- Not recorded
What they do
SIRDA editorial
At a glance
OpenAI chief executive and a director of the OpenAI Foundation, relevant to frontier development, corporate governance and public safety commitments.
Their current place in the ecosystem spans frontier AI development, and AI governance and policy.
Current work and relevance
Altman leads OpenAI as CEO, continuing to set the company's public direction on frontier-model deployment, safety commitments, and OpenAI's stated mission of ensuring advanced AI benefits humanity broadly.
SIRDA tracks Sam Altman because this person's research, leadership, public argument, or institutional work has materially shaped advanced-AI safety. The profile connects those contributions to current organizations, projects, debates, and SIRDA questions while keeping personal views separate from the positions of any organization with which the person is affiliated.
Relationship web
- OpenAI: Sam Altman is CEO of OpenAI and a director of the OpenAI Foundation
Sources
- Official or primary page: Sam Altman
- Recent primary/relevant update
- Recent primary/relevant update
- Recent primary/relevant update
- Recent primary/relevant update
Editorial note
This is SIRDA editorial content. Inclusion is an educational listing. It does not mean the subject has joined SIRDA, endorsed the founding inquiry, or approved this description. Factual corrections can be incorporated with a visible revision record, and substantive disagreements can be published as attributed responses.
Key work
No key work recorded.
Sources
- https://openai.com/our-structure/
- https://centerforhumanetechnology.substack.com/p/the-ai-doc-is-now-on-netflix-all
- https://www.humanetech.com/landing/the-ai-doc
- https://www.focusfeatures.com/the-ai-doc-or-how-i-became-an-apocaloptimist
- https://www.focusfeatures.com/article/the-human-beings-who-made-the-ai-doc-or-how-i-became-an-apocaloptimist-a-reality
Version history
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Version 2: Published SIRDA editorial snapshot: 2026-09-23 00:00:00+00
individual · Individual · listed
- Name
- Sam Altman
- Profile slug
- sam-altman
- Version
- 2
- Focus areas
- Frontier AI development
- AI governance & policy
- Public professional roles
- Not recorded
- Publicly stated affiliations
- Not recorded
- Media channels
- Not recorded
What they do
SIRDA editorial
At a glance
OpenAI chief executive and a director of the OpenAI Foundation, relevant to frontier development, corporate governance and public safety commitments.
Their current place in the ecosystem spans frontier AI development, and AI governance and policy.
Current work and relevance
Altman leads OpenAI as CEO, continuing to set the company's public direction on frontier-model deployment, safety commitments, and OpenAI's stated mission of ensuring advanced AI benefits humanity broadly.
SIRDA tracks Sam Altman because this person's research, leadership, public argument, or institutional work has materially shaped advanced-AI safety. The profile connects those contributions to current organizations, projects, debates, and SIRDA questions while keeping personal views separate from the positions of any organization with which the person is affiliated.
Relationship web
- OpenAI: Sam Altman is CEO of OpenAI and a director of the OpenAI Foundation
Sources
- Official or primary page: Sam Altman
- Recent primary/relevant update
- Recent primary/relevant update
- Recent primary/relevant update
- Recent primary/relevant update
Editorial note
This is SIRDA editorial content. Inclusion is an educational listing. It does not mean the subject has joined SIRDA, endorsed the founding inquiry, or approved this description. Factual corrections can be incorporated with a visible revision record, and substantive disagreements can be published as attributed responses.
Key work
No key work recorded.
Sources
- https://openai.com/our-structure/
- https://centerforhumanetechnology.substack.com/p/the-ai-doc-is-now-on-netflix-all
- https://www.humanetech.com/landing/the-ai-doc
- https://www.focusfeatures.com/the-ai-doc-or-how-i-became-an-apocaloptimist
- https://www.focusfeatures.com/article/the-human-beings-who-made-the-ai-doc-or-how-i-became-an-apocaloptimist-a-reality
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