OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was named CEO of the year by time magazine
CTOnews.com On Wednesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was named CEO of the Year by Time magazine.
Besides Altman, Taylor Swift was named Person of the Year; Lionel Messi was named Athlete of the Year.
Looking back on the recent turmoil, altman says: "it was a 10-point crazy experience. I'm still shocked. "
Chat-GPT and its successor, GPT-4, revolutionized OpenAI and the world, he said, and 2023 became the year many people started taking AI seriously.
Originally established as a nonprofit research lab dedicated to advancing artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity, OpenAI has undergone a series of transformations and is now an $80 billion entity.
As such, Altman became an influential executive, a symbol of the technological revolution and visionary leader.