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Why Is Sam Altman a Free Man?

Article URL: https://prospect.org/2026/09/29/artificial-intelligence-agents-openai-microsoft-sam-altman-greg-brockman-ah-nice/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49905633 Points: 236 # Comments: 210

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