The Pentagon deal capped a remarkable 24 hours for OpenAI. Earlier Friday, the company announced it had closed $110 billion in new fundin g at an $840 billion post-money valuation, the largest private financing in history according to Crunchbase data.

Altman and Amodei's rivalry was on show at the recent AI Summit in India where they famously didn't hold hands in a line-up on stage. Things are unlikely to have gotten any better given the events of the past

Sam Altman said OpenAI will not allow its AI to be used for mass surveillance or autonomous lethal weapons in Pentagon deals.

OpenAI executives have given more information regarding the AI startup's contract with the US Department of Defense after facing backlash online. The Sam Altman-led startup has clarified that it will not allow for any unconstitutional acts to be done with its AI models.

Sam Altman is starting to get the sneaking suspicion that companies might be using the technology he’s dedicated his life to (once it turned out to be extremely profitable) as cover for their own interests.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman defended the resource use of AI on Friday, arguing that water concerns were "fake" and comparing it to human energy use.

AiCandy founders Hans Buyse and Jan De Loore told Business Insider they've received collab requests and a job offer in the ad's wake.

In controversial comments, the OpenAI CEO defended resource-intensive AI models by pointing out that humans, too, require lots of energy.