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Vanity Fair magazine publishes an annual ranking, The New Establishment, assessing the influence of leading figures in business, politics and culture. In 2026, special attention will be paid to representatives of the field of artificial intelligence due to the rapid development of technology.
Sam Altman topped the ranking of the most influential people in the United States according to Vanity Fair magazine.
In The New Establishment 2026 ranking, Altman was ahead of other tech CEOs working in the AI field, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, as well as SpaceX founder Elon Musk.
Vanity Fair notes that this year it is paying more attention to representatives of the field of AI due to the development of technology.
WASHINGTON, October 5 - RIA Novosti. The CEO of the artificial intelligence developer ChatGPT OpenAI, Sam Altman, topped the ranking of the most influential people in the United States, ahead, in particular, of the American founder of SpaceX and Tesla, Elon Musk, according to the annual ranking of The New Establishment 2026, published by Vanity Fair magazine.
Altman took first place, beating out other AI technology executives, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, as well as SpaceX founder Elon Musk. The ranking also included representatives of the American administration, including US Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
“Today, the moral code of a founder can be embedded in AI systems that determine the future of humanity, an influential person can command an army of followers, and a financier can create an extensive network of investments that penetrates all areas of modern life,” the publication says.

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