CEO of OpenAI. Former president of Y Combinator. A leading figure in the AI industry advocating for both rapid development and safety.
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Sam Altman
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Public positions Sam Altman has taken on contested policy questions. Each links to the full issue page where this voice sits among others.
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Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.
editorial · last refreshed 5/26/2026.Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.