{
  "id": 843734,
  "title": "Sam Altman Says Turning Down Goldman Sachs Internship Was A Difficult Call For Him; Claims Students Today Have Many Choices",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/sam-altman-says-turning-down-goldman-sachs-internship-was-a-difficult",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-14T05:42:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/tech/sam-altman-says-turning-down-goldman-sachs-internship-was-a-difficult-call-for-him-claims-students-today-have-many-choices"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he is glad he turned down an internship offer from Goldman Sachs during his college years, adding that while the decision felt difficult back then, students today have a much easier path to walk away from such opportunities because artificial intelligence (AI) has made it far simpler to build a company independently. Altman recalls turning down Goldman Sachs internship…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}