False Prophet : Where Samuel Bateman, His "Wives" & More Are Now

The downfall of fundamentalist "prophet" Samuel Bateman, now serving a 50-year prison sentence for his role in a child sex ...

Polygamist Leader Sam Bateman Had More than 20 Wives. But He Wanted More, Including Queen Elizabeth

Bateman was sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to kidnap and transport a minor for sexual ...

They Infiltrated an Arizona Polygamist Sect and Helped Take Down a Child Sex Abuse Ring

A cult expert and her music producer husband went undercover to document child sex abuse in a polygamist sect.
TechCrunch

OpenAI’s Sam Altman announces Pentagon deal with ‘technical safeguards’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced late on Friday that his company has reached an agreement allowing the Department of Defense to use its AI models in the department’s classified network. This follows a ...
OPB

OpenAI says it shares Anthropic's 'red lines' over military AI use

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he shares the “red lines” set by rival Anthropic restricting how the military uses AI models, amid Anthropic’s escalating feud with the Pentagon. The Department of Defense ...
Benzinga.com

Sam Altman Defends AI's Energy Use By Comparing It To Humans. Says It Takes 20 Years Of Living And Eating To Get Smart

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed claims about ChatGPT's water and energy consumption and offered a comparison that quickly grabbed attention. During a recent interview in India, where he attended the ...
New York Post

OpenAI’s Sam Altman blasts AI concerns around water usage as ‘fake:’ ‘Humans use energy, too’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed concerns that artificial intelligence is using up lots of water as “fake” – arguing that “humans use energy, too.” The billionaire tech founder responded to claims ...
Observer

Sam Altman Defends A.I. Energy Use With Human Comparison, Sparking Debate

Sam Altman challenged critics of A.I.’s water and electricity consumption. Photo by John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images Altman was more measured when it came to electricity usage. “What is fair, ...
CNBC

Sam Altman defends AI resource usage: Water concerns 'fake,' and 'humans use energy too'

Altman dismissed claims that ChatGPT used gallons of water per query. He acknowledged that total AI energy use was rising and urged cleaner power. However, Altman argued that humans also consume ...
TechSpot

Sam Altman compares AI energy use to the cost of "training" humans, says water-usage concerns are "fake"

WTF?! It seems OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has grown tired of defending AI's consumption of our planet's rapidly depleting natural resources. In a recent interview, he said water-usage concerns over data ...
Fast Company

Sam Altman is tired of ‘unfair’ critiques about AI’s energy use. Climate experts say his defensive stance is misguided

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has defended the resource-intensive use of AI by comparing it to all the energy—and food—that humans require, sparking a wave of backlash across social media. That comparison, ...
The Atlantic

Sam Altman Is Losing His Grip on Humanity

Last Friday, onstage at a major AI summit in India, Sam Altman wanted to address what he called an “unfair” criticism. The OpenAI CEO was asked by a reporter from The Indian Express about the natural ...