He might have recently learned about the technique from any number of people, even if a person on Twitter already knew about it.
I think that over the next few years Sam Altman is going to learn the same lessons that events have been trying to teach Elon Musk since circa 2021.
Anyone remember the shenanigans in Maricopa County in 2020?
I remember that when it all went to court, everyone who’d been incredibly bombastic about the shenanigans all of a sudden had nothing to say to back it up other than, “trust me, bro.”
There are lots of details including primary source citations in the article.
Who was it on Twitter, do you remember? You might be onto something.