UFC Owner Goes After Sam Altman and OpenAI: “You’re A Conman!”

At the Aspen Ideas Festival, Ari Emanuel, the bossman behind Endeavor, which owns the UFC and WWE, decided it was high time to drop some verbal bombs aimed squarely at Sam Altman.

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He started off with a classic Elon Musk story. Musk apparently once quipped to Emanuel, "Hey Ari, think of your relationship with AI like being the dog to its master." Not exactly a flattering comparison, right?

But Emanuel didn't just settle for metaphors; he delved into Altman's past like a fighter trying to sell a title fight. You see, apparently back in the Loopt days, Altman allegedly faced a critical moment in a major negotiation. Here’s the kicker: Altman supposedly corralled a gaggle of buddies to hang out in their offices during the big meeting. These weren't just supportive friends—they were pretending to be Loopt's bustling team, talking deals with other big players like they owned the joint.

Lo and behold, the stunt apparently worked like a charm. The company across the table saw Loopt as a hot ticket with fingers in all the pies, eager to ink the deal and get on board.

Now, some might call this a slick maneuver, but Emanuel isn't exactly sold. "Calling him a conman isn't just my take," he quipped. "Elon gave him a boatload of cash—it was supposed to be nonprofit, now it's all about the Benjamins. I don't know why anyone's buying into this circus."

(Source: Forbes)

And speaking of circuses, within OpenAI, it's been a real sideshow—broken promises, shady dealings, and more twists than the Golden Bachelor. Altman's leadership style could have its own sitcom, but the kicker? He got shown the exit by AI itself. Talk about being outsmarted by the very technology you championed. Irony much?

But Emanuel isn't just here to skewer Altman. He's got a point: with AI evolving faster than the hawk tuah girl on social media, shouldn't we be cautious about where this techno-rollercoaster is headed? We want smarter algorithms, sure, but someone needs to keep an eye on this and make sure it doesn’t get out of hand.

As CEO of Endeavor, Emanuel isn't a mere spectator in the tech revolution; he's front and center, waving caution flags. "We need AI," he insists, "but let's not forget the guardrails. If we let these digital trends run amok without checks, who knows what kind of mad science experiment we'll end up with?" Maybe he’s been listening to Joe Rogan podcasts too much… but I have to agree with him, he has a point.

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The government is all about controlling just about every other sector on the planet… Why are they waiting so long to put some sanctions on AI, the very technology that could be humanity’s biggest threat? As Kanye West famously said, “I guess we’ll never know.”

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