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OpenAI founder\u00a0Sam Altman\u00a0gave his first interview since pulling the plug<\/a> on Sora (and a $1 billion Disney deal) and said he could\u2019ve made the failed video app even more sticky \u2014 but the billionaire tech mogul made the \u201cvery tough\u201d call, he claims, to avoid addictive elements that have landed social media rivals like Meta and Google in legal hot water<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Embattled Altman <\/a>sat down with tech journo\u00a0Laurie Segall\u00a0to tape the latest episode of her iHeartRadio podcast \u201cMostly Human,\u201d <\/a>out Thursday.<\/p>\n

Segall gave Page Six Hollywood some sneak details of the Altman interview, telling us of that chat, \u201cLater in the interview, Altman reveals that there was talk of integrating Sora into ChatGPT but the company made the decision not to because they felt it would produce incentives that could lead to addictive issues similar to social media companies. He called it a \u2018very tough resourcing call.’\u201d<\/p>\n

\"LaurieSam Altman sat down with journalist\u00a0Laurie Segall\u00a0to tape the latest episode of her podcast \u201cMostly Human.\u201d Mostly Human with Laurie Segall<\/p>\n

The Altman comments arrive at the same time as a historic ruling that found Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s Meta and YouTube parent Google liable for fueling teen social media addiction.<\/p>\n

The tech giants are appealing, but the case could open the floodgates for Silicon Valley\u2019s \u201cBig Tobacco\u201d moment, The Post has reported<\/a>. Last week, a Los Angeles jury ordered Google and Meta to pay a combined $6 million in damages in one case, while the day before, a New Mexico jury ordered Meta to pay $375 million in penalties, which could unleash a legal firestorm.<\/p>\n

Segall told us of the talk with the OpenAI boss<\/a>, \u201cI\u2019ve interviewed Altman at many different points in his career, beginning 15 years ago, but this is by far the most high stakes seat he\u2019s sat in. As a society, we are wondering if this technological innovation is going to be incredible for all of us, or incredible for some of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former \u201c60 Minutes\u201d and CNN correspondent began interviewing Altman, 40, as a Silicon Valley \u201cgarage founder.\u201d That\u2019s how Segall landed the exclusive talk at Altman\u2019s California home. (The billionaire purchased a property in San Francisco\u2019s Russian Hill in 2020 for $27 million, as part of a reported $83 million real estate buying spree<\/a>, that includes two turn-of-the-century residences, an infinity pool and a huge ultra-modern addition, The San Francisco Standard has reported.)<\/p>\n

Segall teased to us that in the interview Altman speaks publicly for the first time on Sora\u2019s demise and his dealings with the Pentagon. Also on the table was the subject of parenting.<\/p>\n

\"TwoSeagall teased that Altman revealed there was talk of integrating Sora into ChatGPT. Mostly Human with Laurie Segall<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition to Sora and the Pentagon headlines, we hear him respond to questions on whether the company\u2019s business model is conducive to creating a healthy environment to accomplish his goal of democratizing access to AI,\u201d the podcaster told us. \u201cIt was also interesting to hear him speak about a near-term future where automated AI researchers could compress a decade of scientific discovery into a single year, which would be transformative for society. But that idealism sits against a complex backdrop with fundamental human questions at stake. Perhaps most noteworthy, we debate in depth the complexities and opportunities of raising a child in a world that will be fundamentally transformed by the tech Altman has ushered in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Says Segall of Altman\u2019s first post-Sora chat: \u201cI wanted a different kind of interview with him\u2026 Altman weighs in on everything from war, and the company\u2019s controversial deal with the Department of War, to childhood and what it will mean to raise a child in this era of innovation. My history covering him for so long allowed me to ask deeper, more intimate questions than you might typically see.\u201d<\/p>\n

The podcast is part of Segall\u2019s own aim to build \u201ca creator-led media and entertainment network.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OpenAI founder\u00a0Sam Altman\u00a0gave his first interview since pulling the plug on Sora (and a $1 billion Disney deal)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[552,544,1072,2679,581],"class_list":{"0":"post-2003","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sam-altman","8":"tag-artificial-intelligence","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-media","11":"tag-page-six-hollywood","12":"tag-sam-altman"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116330217004169756","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}