20261006 - But that's a sacrifice Sam Altman is willing to make

'in the meantime, there will be great companies created with serious machine learning'

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/06/some-bad-things-may-happen-to-you-but-thats-a-sacrifice-sam-altman-is-willing-to-make/ - blog post

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Sam Altman on Trump's AI rebrand and the industry's perception problem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OOHnaGTQFg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Fireside Chat: Sam Altman President, YCombinator and Mike Curtis, VP of Engineering, Airbnb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6lDZpvHAoo&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Sam Altman Sees the Future. Are We In It? (Part 2 of 2) https://www.vanityfair.com/story/sam-altman-exclusive-interview-part-2 Previously on Pivot to AI:

Sam Altman: Guys, we're in the Singularity now https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/28/sam-altman-guys-were-in-the-singularity-now/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6FPzOWi0YI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Memory prices are up 500% in the past year — because of AI https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/19/memory-prices-are-up-500-in-the-past-year-because-of-ai/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Un7g_vyePI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Jacob Coxon: how to run an AI doomsday media campaign https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/10/jacob-coxon-how-to-run-an-ai-doomsday-media-campaign/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3IoTZNN6iM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI hacks Australian government health data https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/24/openai-hacks-australian-government-health-data/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5dnkwAjuPs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA