Sam Altman

Tech Billionaires Block Trump Military Deployment to San Francisco

| Importance: 9/10

After urgent calls from Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Salesforce’s Marc Benioff, and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, President Trump scrapped plans to deploy federal troops to San Francisco. The reversal came after a 25-minute call with Mayor Daniel Lurie, demonstrating how billionaire access …

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Trump Donors Seek Greenland Investment Opportunities

| Importance: 7/10

Several major Trump donors, including tech billionaires and investment firms, are positioning themselves to potentially profit from the Trump Administration’s continued pursuit of strategic interests in Greenland, focusing on rare earth mineral rights and geopolitical positioning.

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OpenAI Signs AI Safety Institute Testing Agreement

| Importance: 9/10

OpenAI formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the U.S. AI Safety Institute at NIST, establishing an unprecedented framework for pre-release AI model testing and safety evaluation. The agreement represents a strategic approach to industry self-regulation, allowing OpenAI to …

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