The parents of Adam Raine, the 16-year-old who hanged himself after months of talking about suicide to ChatGPT, have filed an amended complaint that alleges OpenAI twice loosened its rules for discussing suicide before his death. Scoop w/ the great Sam Schechner www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...

Excited that Amazon has named THE OPTIMIST the #3 best business and leadership book of 2025 so far:
www.amazon.com/b/?_encoding...

Thanks, @richardwaters.bsky.social for the great review of THE OPTIMIST in the Financial Times!

“Timely and myth-busting” — Richard Waters, Financial Times

www.ft.com/content/1721...

Thanks, @caseynewton.bsky.social and @kevinroose.bsky.social, for a great conversation about the real reasons behind OpenAI’s blip and my new book about Sam Altman: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/p...

In its starred review, Publishers Weekly calls The OPTIMIST a “fleet-footed biography” full of “crackerjack reporting.”

“The first major biography of tech’s newest titan, this sets a high bar for those to follow.”

www.publishersweekly.com/9781324075967

“Hagey's account suggests that [the old OpenAI board’s] reasons were much better than we knew at the time. And the world today might look very different had someone said so when it mattered.” — @caseynewton.bsky.social
on the excerpt from my Sam Altman biography, THE OPTIMIST bit.ly/4l9FISm

Great chatting with @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social @beckyquick.bsky.social at @squawkboxx.bsky.social this morning about my biography of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, THE OPTIMIST, coming May 20 from Norton. bit.ly/4hRzhR1