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Microsoft's Hiring of Ousted CEO a 'Poker Move for the Ages'

What we know so far about the drama at OpenAI with Sam Altman

(Newser) - The drama at OpenAI , the dominant company in the field of artificial intelligence, is apparently not over. The board surprised all of tech by ousting CEO Sam Altman, who was promptly hired by Microsoft. But with most OpenAI employees now threatening a mutiny over the board's actions, it's...

Report: 700 of OpenAI's 770 Employees Threaten to Quit

They've signed letter demanding reinstatement of Altman, resignation of board

(Newser) - A mutiny appears to be brewing at OpenAI after the ouster of CEO Sam Altman . Sources tell the New York Times that more than 700 of the artificial intelligence company's 770 employees, including many of its top researchers, have signed an open letter threatening to leave the start-up for...

OpenAI Founders Quickly Find New Jobs

Microsoft hires Sam Altman, Greg Brockman 'to lead a new advanced AI research team'

(Newser) - Microsoft announced Monday that it has hired Sam Altman and another architect of ChatGPT maker OpenAI after they unexpectedly departed the company days earlier in a corporate shakeup that shocked the artificial intelligence world, reports the AP . Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella tweeted that the US tech giant is...

At OpenAI, a Surprise &#39;Leadership Transition&#39;
OpenAI Board
Abruptly Ousts
CEO Sam
Altman
THE RUNDOWN
Nov 18, 2023 9:00 AM CST

OpenAI Board Abruptly Ousts CEO Sam Altman

Says 'he was not consistently candid in his communications'; co-founder Greg Brockman quits

(Newser) - In news that shook Silicon Valley on Friday, Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, was abruptly fired, though no one yet knows quite why. The Verge and the AP report that the company's board of directors made the move, releasing a statement that noted a "leadership...

ChatGPT Can Now 'See, Hear and Speak'

Major update allows voice and image interactions

(Newser) - ChatGPT is getting a big update, one that will move the chatbot closer to artificial intelligence "assistants" including Apple's Siri, Amazon's Alexa, and Google's voice assistant. OpenAI says the coming update, which will be rolled out to Plus and Enterprise subscribers over the next two weeks,...

Big-Name Authors Sue OpenAI for 'Systematic Theft'

John Grisham, George RR Martin join lawsuit alleging pirated works helped train ChatGPT

(Newser) - A new group of authors is suing OpenAI, alleging "flagrant and harmful infringements" on their copyrights through the company's use of pirated books to train the AI chatbot ChatGPT. "At the heart of these algorithms is systematic theft on a mass scale," reads the complaint, filed...

Sarah Silverman Sues ChatGPT Over Copyright

Comedian and two other authors sue creator, as well as Zuckerberg's Meta

(Newser) - Entertainers and creators have already had it with AI. That's at least one takeaway from the news—reported by the Verge —that comedian Sarah Silverman and two authors have filed copyright infringement lawsuits against the creator of ChatGPT as well as Mark Zuckerberg's Meta. Silverman and writers...

In 22 Words, Tech Leaders Warn of Colossal AI Risks

The statement compares AI danger to pandemics and nuclear weapons

(Newser) - A host of tech industry leaders published a stark warning about the real dangers of artificial intelligence Tuesday. The statement published by the nonprofit Center for AI Safety reads, "Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and...

Elon Musk: I'll Create 'TruthGPT' to Fight AI 'Bias'

Says ChatGPT 'is being trained to be politically correct'

(Newser) - Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity—and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation, the AP reports. Musk told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a...

Eyebrow-Raising Bug Shuts ChatGPT Down for Day

OpenAI temporarily shuttered AI chatbot after user reports of seeing others' chat history titles

(Newser) - If you were playing around in ChatGPT on Monday before it experienced a major outage , you may have noticed something unusual in your user-history sidebar on the left of your webpage: the titles of a complete stranger's chats. That's exactly why OpenAI temporarily shuttered the artificial intelligence-driven chatbot...

Google Unveils Rival 'Bard' to ChatGPT

Company hopes to keep up in the AI race

(Newser) - ChatGPT has been making headlines lately, but now it's going to have to share that media real estate: On Monday, Google owner Alphabet announced its new chatbot service, Bard, as well as plans to pump more artificial intelligence into its search functions and open up some of its AI...

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