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☆ A glimpse into Sam Altman's 2-hour-long bid to look like the saner, less chaotic foil to Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewSam Altman is warring with Elon Musk. Musk told Lemon he takes a small amount of ketamine "once every other week" and that he uses the drug "when my brain chemistry sometimes goes super negative." Related stories"So from investors' standpoint, if there is something I'm taking, I should keep taking it," Musk told Lemon. The billionaire told Lemon that he thinks people shouldn't make racism "a constant subject" and that they should "move on" from the topic altogether. "You're upsetting me because the way you phrase your questions is not cogent," Musk told Lemon.

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The topic of Donald Trump has dominated dinners and parties at Davos, with many in attendance at the World Economic Forum mulling the former president's potential return to the White House after his resounding Iowa caucus victory. 2024 predictionsJamie Dimon, President & CEO,Chairman & CEO JPMorgan Chase, speaking on CNBC's Squawk Box at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 17th, 2024. Steve Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder Blackstone Group, speaking on CNBC's Squawk Box at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 17th, 2024. Adam Galici | CNBCBlackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman expressed another common theme among executives — that both Trump and U.S. President Joe Biden are flawed choices. Marc Benioff, co-founder, chairman and CEO Salesforce, speaking with CNBC's Sara Eisen at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 17th, 2024.

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☆ Sam Altman wants people to move on from the 'soap opera' that was his brief firing from OpenAI
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

"I mean, I'm wrapping it up," Stone told Altman. Makanju told Stone that OpenAI's staff had been caught off guard by the news that Altman was out. We were all on Friday, preparing to have a restful week after an insane year," Makanju told Stone. "The only comparable set of life experience I had, and that one was, of course, much worse, was when my dad died," Altman told Noah. Representatives for Altman did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.

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