Sam Altman

According to The Information, as relayed by The Decoder, Sam Altman told OpenAI staff last week about three paths to safe AI: an IAEA-style watchdog, a merger of the big labs, or one firm so dominant it could cut off everyone else's compute. Here is what is reported, what OpenAI has said in public, and what nobody has confirmed.

Anthropic's new Public Benefit Fund is a wholly owned LLC. OpenAI's stake for the public sits in a nonprofit foundation. Alaska pays dividends from a state fund. They look similar in headlines and work very differently. This guide compares who controls the money, how it is taxed, and what accountability each structure gives.

A Wall Street Journal look at Anthropic’s Long-Term Benefit Trust calls it unusual and opaque. We separate what Anthropic has published about the trust from what outlets report, and list the questions the IPO prospectus should answer.

People are calling Anthropic's new Public Benefit Fund a step toward AI universal basic income. It is not, at least not yet. This explainer separates the idea, the evidence from real cash studies, the four ways it could work, and what has actually been announced.

World, the identity project co-founded by Sam Altman, launched its first industry-specific product on October 18: a World ID suite for banks and financial firms. We separate what has actually shipped from what is a pitch, and what a bank would need to check before relying on it.