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Can Sam Altman Be Trusted?
The New Yorker finally got inside OpenAI. What they found explains a lot about the 13-page manifesto that dropped the same day, and about the small group of people that will decide our future.
Apr 07, 2026
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We're in the invisible grip of technology, politics, and our own weirdness. We gotta get better at seeing it.
Hosted by veteran journalist Jacob Ward (correspondent for Al Jazeera, PBS, NBC News, and CNN), The Rip Current is your guide to spotting the hidden forces at work in our lives and getting across them safely.
Each week we speak to experts in the stuff you didn't know was having an impact on your life, from venture capital to racism to the tried-and-true tactics of bullies, and teach you how to see The Rip Current before it sweeps you out to sea.
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