Gary Marcus Warns Altman Is Building a Panopticon of Your Personal Data
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-08-21
Gary Marcus lists what he sees as alarming puzzle pieces around Sam Altman: Altman has said he wants to train on personal documents like Word files and email; ChatGPT has collected unprecedented personal data; Altman founded WorldCoin with its eye-scanning Orb; OpenAI added ex-NSA chief Nakasone to its board; and it just backed a $60M raise by a webcam company with a planned hardware JV. Marcus argues Altman aims to know — and monetize — everything about you, and might succeed.
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