The Ghibli hype behind OpenAI's new image generator might have helped ChatGPT gain over one million new users in under one hour, but it forced OpenAI to do a lot of "unnatural" things.

Speaking of the io ChatGPT product, Altman said the device will be fully aware of the user’s surroundings and life. It will be unobtrusive, and it’ll be small enough to rest in a pocket. Altman said the gadget would become the third “core device” you put on a desk after a MacBook Pro or iPhone.

OpenAI had just 300 employees when it launched ChatGPT. Within a year, it doubled in size, causing chaos and high turnover for employees.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said different generations use ChatGPT in different ways. Younger people tend to use it more as an advisor, while older generations use it as a replacement for a search tool, like Google.

When OpenAI unleashed ChatGPT on the world in November 2022, it lit the fuse that ignited the generative AI era.But Karen Hao, author of the new book, Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI,

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Microsoft’s Brad Smith, and other tech leaders testified before the U.S. Senate in a wide-ranging 2025 hearing on AI regulation, infrastructure, and competition with China.

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Altman said older people tend to use ChatGPT as a "Google replacement" while college students use it like an operating system.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says while the world is concerned about AI taking over jobs, a more dramatic shift at work is coming our way. He says that soon smart robots will take over and the world is not prepared to see the kind of disruption it will bring.