Sam Altman takes issue with Marc Andreessen’s portrayal of AI meetings with the Biden administration

Celebrity investor Mark Andreessen recently spoke about his meetings with Biden administration staff and gave him the impression they wanted. Take control of the AI by working closely with two or three large AI companies, putting everyone out of business through heavy-handed regulation.

Andreessen did not name OpenAI, but it was implied to be a beneficiary of the alleged effort. However, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called Andreessen’s comments a “conspiracy theory.” This week’s podcast with Bari Weiss.

“I mean, we’ve been in a room with them, with other companies, and with the administration, but we’ve never been like, ‘Here’s our conspiracy theory, we’re going to make it so that only a few companies can build AI, and then you have to do it.’ what are we saying.’ That would never happen,” Altman said.

Either way, Altman and other big tech leaders are moving on from the Biden administration. donates millions To Trump’s inaugural fund.