Robots & Artificial IntelligenceSam Altman Is Realizing He Made a Gigantic Mistake Posted on March 25, 2026 by Administrator OpenAI CEO Sam Altman went into full damage control mode over the weekend. A day before the United States attacked Iran, the embattled CEO announced that the company had signed a new agreement with the Pentagon over how its AI models could be used — and the blowback is clearly impacting the company’s bottom line, because Altman is sounding deeply defensive.