OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman joined a growing chorus of Silicon Valley leaders expressing outrage in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, aligning with tech industry workers who’ve urged CEOs to take a stronger stand against the violent immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.

Altman made the comments while also praising President Donald Trump as a “strong leader” while Cook said he had a "good conversation" with the president on this matter.

The statements come as tech workers have urged executives, who've been largely quiet, to speak out on the subject.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman privately wrote that part of being patriotic "is the American duty to push back against overreach."

Prominent CEOs have largely avoided criticizing Trump, yet some are now carefully addressing ICE's actions in Minnesota after the death of Alex Pretti

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Sam Altman told staff OpenAI "didn't start talking about masculine corporate energy," an apparent reference to Mark Zuckerberg's remarks to Joe Rogan.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman confirms GPT-5.2 reduced ChatGPT writing quality, citing focus on reasoning and coding, with improvements planned soon.

Reports from a supply chain leaker, Smart Pikachu, who has previously shared information on rumored unreleased Apple products, indicate that an anticipated AI gadget from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and former Apple head of design, Jony Ive, has AirPods in its crosshairs.

The WLD token surged after Forbes reported that Sam Altman's OpenAI is planning to use Worldcoin to fight bots online.