Ronan Farrow is at it again. The reporter who launched the MeToo movement has a new feature in The New Yorker, written alongside staff writer Andrew Marantz, about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. In many ways, the 16,000-word investigation is a meditation on the existential risks of AI being placed in the hands of a few powerful men, and in this case a possible sociopath.
Today we discuss the article and then zoom out on broader questions in AI: who is it for, how is it being used, and can it be reined in?
Show Notes
<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/sam-altman-may-control-our-future-can-he-be-trusted">Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?</a>
<a href="https://jaysoncouncil.substack.com/p/john-henry-for-the-ai-era-raging">John Henry for the AI Era: Raging with the Machine</a>
<a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/04/20/alex-bores-ai-dividend-plan-wealth">Alex Bores rolls out “AI dividend” plan to share AI wealth</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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