Altman

American  

[awlt-muhn] / ˈɔlt mən /

noun

1. Robert, 1925–2006, U.S. film director, producer, and screenwriter.

2. Sidney, 1939–2022, U.S. biologist, born in Canada: shared Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1989.

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Altman British  

/ ˈɔːltmən /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

On Monday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admitted he jumped on the Pentagon deal too quickly, saying “I think it just looked opportunistic and sloppy.”

From MarketWatch

Sam Altman, chief executive and co-founder of OpenAI, has said his new contract with the defence department has "more guardrails than any previous agreement for classified AI deployments, including Anthropic's".

From BBC

OpenAI believes elected officials, not technology company executives, should ultimately determine the limits of how artificial intelligence can be used in national defense, Chief Executive Sam Altman said at an investor conference Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal

Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Tech, Media and Telecom Conference in San Francisco, Altman said “we have to trust in the democratic process” to supply some of the answers to the questions OpenAI and rival Anthropic are wrangling over in their separate negotiations with the Department of Defense.

From The Wall Street Journal

Altman’s remarks came after OpenAI reached a deal with the Pentagon to use its models in classified settings, capitalizing on an impasse between the agency and Anthropic over red lines the company refused to relinquish over its control of the technology for certain military applications.

From The Wall Street Journal