What's with all the hit pieces on Sam Altman lately? He's a CEO, his job is to grow the business, not to code. That part is handled by the engineers that he hired. How many CEOs out there are also great programmers? Sure, I would prefer Sam Altman to have more technical depth given the business he is leading, but lack of technical depth doesn't make him a Bernie Madoff.
Just because you're a successful CEO doesn't mean you're not a shitty person or immune from so-called "hit pieces".
I think it’s about as strong as trying to absolve Sam by saying “he’s a CEO so he does CEO things.”
Interestingly, the charge of "can barely code and frequently misunderstands technical concepts" is one that is often leveled at Elon Musk.
Altman is in a prime position to influence a potentially massively disruptive technology. There have been well-publicized doubts about his character since at least around the time he was fired from OpenAI. There was recently a very reputable and thoroughly-researched article on that topic.
You don't need a conspiracy. He's a public figure and a trending topic.
New Yorker article less so because its just a standard ceo profile piece that digs out pretty pertinent things for a ceo role