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EPISODE · Sep 1, 2026 · 1H 8M

Sam Altman on OpenAI’s next model and the AI backlash

from ACCESS · host Alex Heath

After an unreleased OpenAI model recently escaped its sandbox and hacked Hugging Face, Sam Altman tells me why the company is slowing down frontier research. We also discuss Astra, OpenAI’s next-generation family of models, which is coming soon.We talk about the growing backlash against AI. He explains why a faster path to recursively self-improving AI could push an OpenAI IPO further out.And he shares more about the coming consumer hardware he’s developing with Jony Ive, including the privacy questions around an ambient AI device and the first hints at the form factors they’re building.This conversation was recently filmed in two parts and in collaboration with TIME.Thanks to the show's premier sponsors: Atlassian, Granola, and Mercury. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sources.news/subscribe

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