India, April 8 -- A Pakistani entrepreneur has spoken out in Sam Altman's defense after the OpenAI chief was painted a "sociopath" in a new investigative piece by the New Yorker. Waqas Ali, who is based in the US, recalled Altman's kindess when he met him for the first time in 2015.

At that time, Ali had just moved to the US from a small village in Pakistan to participate in the startup accelerator Y Combinator. Sam Altman was then the president of Y Combinator, and Ali recalled how everyone was slightly intimidated by him. Even so, Altman displayed uncommon kindness when he spoke to Ali - even inviting him to his San Francisco apartment for tea.

Ali spoke in praise of Altman and defended him against allegations of being a liar and a so...