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Sam Altman in Abu Dhabi for AI deals as OpenAI pursues fundraising

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman signed contracts to deploy AI products across Abu Dhabi's government, oil sector, and sovereign wealth management, while also saying human control must set limits on superintelligence and calling India a bigger ChatGPT market than the US.

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Timeline · 4 reports

  1. 2026-11-04 07:19 · Economic Times Tech
    'India is bigger than US for ChatGPT': OpenAI's Sam Altman says Americans are negative about AI, Indians
  2. 2026-11-04 02:55 · Economic Times Tech
    Human control must set limits on superintelligence, says OpenAI's Sam Altman
  3. 2026-11-02 13:48 · Semafor Technology
    OpenAI's Sam Altman does deals in Abu Dhabi amid fundraising
  4. 2026-11-02 13:48 · Semafor Technology
    OpenAI’s Sam Altman does deals in Abu Dhabi amid fundraising

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