Rewind: Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s ‘unconstrained’ relationship with the truth

We're off today for the holiday, but we'll be back this Thursday with new episodes. In the meantime, we wanted to revisit a conversation from earlier this year I had with investigative journalist and New Yorker contributor Ronan Farrow, about the in-depth feature on OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, he co-authored with Andrew Morance. I highly suggest you read that story if you haven't yet. It's fantastic and more relevant than ever. This episode was a big hit when we first ran it. Ronin is one of the best in the business when it comes to thorny deep investigations. His piece in this conversation really grapples with Sam's controversial reputation for deception and the fallout that it causes.

all of which still seems incredibly important today, is OpenAI and others are responding to the alarming string of rogue AI incidents involving their own models. Against that backdrop, this conversation holds up remarkably well, and I think it has a lot to offer us in this current moment, as calls for meaningful federal AI oversight have ground to a halt, and it's on the industry to really police itself. Okay, the New Yorkers run in fair on Sam Albin, AI safety, and whether we can trust the tech industry. Enjoy. Ronan Farrow, you're an investigative reporter and contributor to the New Yorker. Welcome to Coder. Glad to be here. Thanks for having me.

I am very excited to talk to you. You just wrote a big piece for the New Yorker. Uh it's a profile of Sam Altman and and sort of with it, Open AI. My read of it is it it Is all great features do. It with rigorous reporting validates a lot of feelings people have had about Sammelman for a very long time. You've obviously published it, you've gotten reactions to it. How are you feeling about it right now?

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