Altman

American

[awlt-muhn] / ˈɔlt mən /

noun

Robert, 1925–2006, U.S. film director, producer, and screenwriter.
Sidney, 1939–2022, U.S. biologist, born in Canada: shared Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1989.

Altman British

/ ˈɔːltmən /

noun

Robert. US film director, 1925–2006; his films include M*A*S*H (1970), Nashville (1975), Short Cuts (1994), and Gosford Park (2001)

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“We welcome a federal framework that sets consistent safety requirements for frontier AI,” Altman said in a post on X. “No amount of American competitive pressure should justify recklessness.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Sam Altman of OpenAI and Elon Musk of xAI have both said they agree with his recommendations.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified to Congress in 2023 that the company “does not want to replace creators.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

The chip sector had suffered Monday following calls over the weekend from AI leaders, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, to slow the pace of AI development.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Annie Altman was at Pine Mountain because she chose to enroll at the school.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith

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