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What It’s Like to Interview OpenAI’s Sam Altman

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Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI.
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By Mark Milian

January 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM UTC

The cover story of our February issue is an interview with OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman, conducted by former Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Josh Tyrangiel. In today’s newsletter, we’ve got something meta for you: a Q&A with Tyrangiel about the Q&A. It’s been edited for clarity and length. If this email was forwarded to you, click here to sign up.

How did this interview come about?