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Pulitzer-winning investigative journo @newyorker. Documentaries @hbo. Ex-diplomat. Bad lawyer. Disused PhD. Tips: [email protected].

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(🧵1/11) For the past year and a half, I've been investigating OpenAI and Sam Altman for The New Yorker. With my coauthor Andrew Marantz, I reviewed never-before-disclosed internal memos, obtained 200+ pages of documents related to a close colleague, including extensive private notes, and interviewed more than 100 people. OpenAI was founded on the premise that A.I. could be the most dangerous invention in human history—and that its C.E.O. would need to be a person of uncommon integrity. We lay out the most detailed account yet of why Altman was ousted out by board members and executives who came to believe he lacked that integrity, and ask: were they right to allege that he couldn't be trusted? A thread on some of of our findings:

(🧵1/11) For the past year and a half, I've been investigating OpenAI and Sam Altman for The New Yorker. With my coauthor Andrew Marantz, I reviewed never-before-disclosed internal memos, obtained 200+ pages of documents related to a close colleague, including extensive private notes, and interviewed more than 100 people. OpenAI was founded on the premise that A.I. could be the most dangerous invention in human history—and that its C.E.O. would need to be a person of uncommon integrity. We lay out the most detailed account yet of why Altman was ousted out by board members and executives who came to believe he lacked that integrity, and ask: were they right to allege that he couldn't be trusted? A thread on some of of our findings:

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Donned my extra-serious formalwear for the RuPaul's Drag Race semi-finals. 8p MTV.

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My 18-month investigation into Sam Altman and OpenAI in The New Yorker, with Andrew Marantz, is out now. Read here: Thread on a few of the key findings here:
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My 18-month investigation into Sam Altman and OpenAI in The New Yorker, with Andrew Marantz, is out now. Read here: Thread on a few of the key findings here:

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What happens when you let AI models run a simulated society?
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What happens when you let AI models run a simulated society?

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149,597 views • 8 days ago

Yesterday, a federal judge barred Elon Musk's lawyers from arguing that AI could threaten humanity in his lawsuit against OpenAI. OpenAI was founded as a nonprofit focused on developing AI safely. But our recent The New Yorker investigation documented how some researchers at the company have raised concerns about safety being sidelined.
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Yesterday, a federal judge barred Elon Musk's lawyers from arguing that AI could threaten humanity in his lawsuit against OpenAI. OpenAI was founded as a nonprofit focused on developing AI safely. But our recent The New Yorker investigation documented how some researchers at the company have raised concerns about safety being sidelined.

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253,765 views • 1 month ago

This week, in Elon Musk's lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI, the jury saw video of a sworn deposition from Mira Murati, OpenAI's former CTO. Elaborating on her comments in our latest The New Yorker story, she alleged that Altman was not always truthful, gave different executives conflicting information, and pitted them against each other. Texts between Murati and Altman were also entered as evidence. Over the course of an 18-month investigation, we traced the yearslong history of these claims from Altman's colleagues, and looked at what this tells us about integrity in AI leadership, and how it affects all of us. Here's some of what we found. And read the full story here:
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This week, in Elon Musk's lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI, the jury saw video of a sworn deposition from Mira Murati, OpenAI's former CTO. Elaborating on her comments in our latest The New Yorker story, she alleged that Altman was not always truthful, gave different executives conflicting information, and pitted them against each other. Texts between Murati and Altman were also entered as evidence. Over the course of an 18-month investigation, we traced the yearslong history of these claims from Altman's colleagues, and looked at what this tells us about integrity in AI leadership, and how it affects all of us. Here's some of what we found. And read the full story here:

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168,837 views • 26 days ago

When Sam Altman was reinstated at OpenAI after an outside law firm investigation, no report about what was found was ever released. That’s because none was written. More in my full The New Yorker investigation:
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When Sam Altman was reinstated at OpenAI after an outside law firm investigation, no report about what was found was ever released. That’s because none was written. More in my full The New Yorker investigation:

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222,234 views • 1 month ago

Since so many of you responded to my thread about surveillance pricing—here's a full breakdown, with visuals, on how companies use your personal data to manipulate prices in real-time:
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Since so many of you responded to my thread about surveillance pricing—here's a full breakdown, with visuals, on how companies use your personal data to manipulate prices in real-time:

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293,585 views • 3 months ago

For nearly a year, the administration has said that DOGE had no unauthorized access to your Social Security data. A new government filing admits that was false.
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For nearly a year, the administration has said that DOGE had no unauthorized access to your Social Security data. A new government filing admits that was false.

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213,410 views • 3 months ago

ICE just reactivated its contract with an Israeli firm that makes phone-hacking spyware. Here's what you should know. #spyware #hacking #ICE #USA #news
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ICE just reactivated its contract with an Israeli firm that makes phone-hacking spyware. Here's what you should know. #spyware #hacking #ICE #USA #news

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437,859 views • 9 months ago

Seven years after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the world is being asked to forget what happens when governments decide reporters are disposable—and to turn away from what that precedent means for all of us.
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Seven years after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the world is being asked to forget what happens when governments decide reporters are disposable—and to turn away from what that precedent means for all of us.

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258,851 views • 5 months ago

Someone is buying up American starter homes and pricing you out—but it’s not who you’ve been told. A reality check about the #HousingMarket.
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Someone is buying up American starter homes and pricing you out—but it’s not who you’ve been told. A reality check about the #HousingMarket.

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317,581 views • 6 months ago

How Wall Street turns your monthly bills into its debt payments. #News #Finance #WallStreet #Debt #Infrastructure #Politics
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How Wall Street turns your monthly bills into its debt payments. #News #Finance #WallStreet #Debt #Infrastructure #Politics

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278,295 views • 6 months ago

The White House just issued a sweeping federal directive transforming how dissent might be policed in the US—here’s why civil liberties groups are so alarmed.
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The White House just issued a sweeping federal directive transforming how dissent might be policed in the US—here’s why civil liberties groups are so alarmed.

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225,697 views • 7 months ago

Six years after @newyorker published our AMI/National Enquirer “catch and kill” stories, here I am reacting to a guilty verdict for Trump over the scheme, with Anderson Cooper:
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Six years after @newyorker published our AMI/National Enquirer “catch and kill” stories, here I am reacting to a guilty verdict for Trump over the scheme, with Anderson Cooper:

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464,233 views • 2 years ago

“The most advanced spyware can turn your smartphone into a spy in your pocket.” #Surveilled, premiering November 20 at 9 pm on HBO hbo max fka, uncovers the multi-billion-dollar spyware industry in a real-world horror story.
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“The most advanced spyware can turn your smartphone into a spy in your pocket.” #Surveilled, premiering November 20 at 9 pm on HBO hbo max fka, uncovers the multi-billion-dollar spyware industry in a real-world horror story.

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334,339 views • 1 year ago

The far right in America today: a quick primer. #Politics #Democracy
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The far right in America today: a quick primer. #Politics #Democracy

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158,622 views • 8 months ago

After a lifetime of beloved work, my mom Mia Farrow is nominated The Tony Awards. She was in every scene of The Roommate, talking ceaselessly, going from light comedy to bleak despair. Hope I’ll still be pushing myself like that when I’m eighty (or at least have skin that good).
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After a lifetime of beloved work, my mom Mia Farrow is nominated The Tony Awards. She was in every scene of The Roommate, talking ceaselessly, going from light comedy to bleak despair. Hope I’ll still be pushing myself like that when I’m eighty (or at least have skin that good).

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235,672 views • 1 year ago

I talked to Anderson Cooper @ac360 about my reporting on the pattern of hush payments around Donald Trump:
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I talked to Anderson Cooper @ac360 about my reporting on the pattern of hush payments around Donald Trump:

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558,899 views • 3 years ago

Social media algorithms push rage and division to keep us scrolling. Here’s how the business model works—and the law that allows it to continue. #Algorithms #SocialMedia #Radicalization #PoliticalViolence #TechPolicy #Section230
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Social media algorithms push rage and division to keep us scrolling. Here’s how the business model works—and the law that allows it to continue. #Algorithms #SocialMedia #Radicalization #PoliticalViolence #TechPolicy #Section230

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118,929 views • 8 months ago

On December 30, a federal judge ordered the administration to continue funding the CFPB, blocking its attempt to starve the consumer watchdog of cash. The legal fight over the agency’s future is ongoing—and could reshape consumer protections nationwide. #CFPB #ConsumerProtection
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On December 30, a federal judge ordered the administration to continue funding the CFPB, blocking its attempt to starve the consumer watchdog of cash. The legal fight over the agency’s future is ongoing—and could reshape consumer protections nationwide. #CFPB #ConsumerProtection

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66,524 views • 4 months ago

Was the FCC’s pressure to pull Jimmy Kimmel off the air illegal? Here’s what the Constitution and Supreme Court say. #firstamendment #supremecourt #fcc #politics #news #jimmykimmel
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Was the FCC’s pressure to pull Jimmy Kimmel off the air illegal? Here’s what the Constitution and Supreme Court say. #firstamendment #supremecourt #fcc #politics #news #jimmykimmel

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93,798 views • 8 months ago