Sam Altman on Sora, Pentagon, AI: 'Power vs Responsibility'

On April 1, Sam Altman just dropped his first interview since shutting down the Sora video

app and nixing a $1 billion Disney deal.

He told Lori Segal on her mostly-human podcast that he could have made Sora super addictive,

but chose not to, dodging the legal traps that hit, social media giants.

Earlier this week, Segal shared details with Page 6.

Altman explained they even considered folding Sora into chat GPT, but backed off.

He called it a berry-tough resource decision to avoid those social media-style hooks that

lead to addiction problems.

This comes right as Quartz Hammer, Metta, and Google.

A Los Angeles jury hit them with $6 million in damages last week, and a New Mexico one slapped

Metta with $375 million.

Dollars the day before.

Both are appealing, but it feels like Silicon Valley's big tobacco reckoning.

In the chat at his California home, Altman opens up for the first time on Sora's end,

Pentagon dealings, and raising kids in this AI era.

Segal, who's covered him for 15 years from garage startup days, pushed for deeper questions

on war, innovation, and society's future.

These talks remind us tech leaders are wrestling with power versus responsibility, especially

as lawsuits pile up, and AI reshapes everything we do.

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