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Sam Altman: what drives the tech guru who's back at the top of OpenAI

If Sam Altman wasn’t already the biggest name in Artificial Intelligence last week, he definitely is now. As boss of OpenAI, creators of Chat GPT, Altman leads a firm that has revolutionised how many people work and study – and grapples with the moral questions around their tech. Last week,…

Evening Standard

OpenAI’s investors are trying to bring Sam Altman back

The VCs invested in OpenAI are weighing a lawsuit against the board.

Fortune

Over 500 employees threaten to resign from OpenAI

Over 505 OpenAI employees have threatened to leave the company if they do not receive the resignation of the ChatGPT company's board after a tumultuous weekend in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) industry that saw the company's CEO, Sam Altman being fired and consequently hired by AI competition, Microsoft. Read further…

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Who owns OpenAI? CEO Sam Altman booted from company

Microsoft is OpenAI's biggest single investor but that doesn't mean it pulls all the strings

Evening Standard

TechScape: Are social media giants silencing online content?

As violence on the ground continues, emotions on social media are higher than ever – with critics asking if platforms need more transparency around their algorithms

The Guardian - UK

The OpenAI chaos continues and that's just bad for everyone ... except Apple

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is pulling itself apart from the inside.

iMore

Tim Cook reveals there are several people lined up to one day take on the top Apple job as he talks ‘very detailed’ succession plan with Dua Lipa

Apple CEO Tim Cook said he has a "very detailed" succession plan, a far cry from the turbulent handover at OpenAI following Sam Altman's departure.

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First Thing: Hamas ‘close’ to truce agreement with Israel, leader says

Deal could include limited ceasefire and exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners. Plus, most US gun deaths are suicides. How can they be prevented?

The Guardian - UK

Microsoft demonstrates how it's training small language models to reason better than ChatGPT and Copilot

Microsoft has published a new blog post highlighting its efforts toward teaching small language models how to reason. A few months ago, the company debuted Orca. "a 13-billion language model that demonstrated strong reasoning abilities by imitating the step-by-step reasoning traces of more capable LLMs."

Windows Central

OpenAI saga continues as reports show investors working to bring back Sam Altman

In the wake of an employee revolt in which most of OpenAI's staff have said they will resign if former CEO Sam Altman isn't reinstated, reports now say that the ChatGPT maker's investors are also working to bring Altman to the job he was fired from on Friday. In this…

France 24

With his sudden return to OpenAI, Sam Altman becomes the latest 'boomerang CEO'

In a reversal that brought him back in a matter of days, the OpenAI co-founder joins a club of CEOs who return after leaving the company they founded.

WEKU

What is a decel? The term that encapsulates the dueling ideologies in AI

Influential tech investors and online crackpots alike are convinced there's a battle being waged between AI doomsayers and futurists

Evening Standard

OpenAI shows the pitfalls of a nonprofit model

The for-profit model has a far better track record than non-profits of delivering value to society.

Fortune

Stock market today: Asian shares trading mixed after Wall Street rally led by Microsoft gains

Asian shares are trading mixed after a rally on Wall Street that was led by gains in Microsoft after it announced it was hiring Sam Altman, former CEO of OpenAI, the ChatGPT maker

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Tuesday briefing: How a deal that could mean a truce in Gaza became possible

In today’s newsletter: Amid growing optimism that a deal to release Hamas hostages is back on, a former Israeli peace negotiator talks about what each side gets out of it

Fortune

OpenAI's 'unusual' board can make unilateral decisions without asking permission from anyone—like deep-pocketed backer Microsoft and Satya Nadella

OpenAI says it wants to make decision on behalf of all of humanity, not its backers. Its investors aren't happy to learn that.

The Conversation

OpenAI’s board is facing backlash for firing CEO Sam Altman – but it’s good it had the power to

The sudden removal of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Friday was met with shock and disapproval by the company’s employees. More than 90% signed a letter threatening to leave OpenAI if the board didn’t resign and reinstate Altman – who has since apparently been poached by Microsoft, along with a…

Fortune

After being blindsided by Sam Altman firing, Satya Nadella vows OpenAI governance changes: ‘Surprises are bad’

'This idea that changes happen without being in the loop is not good, and we will definitely make sure some of the changes needed happen,' Microsoft's boss said in an interview on Monday.

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Fortune

Sharks are circling OpenAI hunting for AI talent, with Satya Nadella and Marc Benioff leading the feeding frenzy

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has offered to match compensation to any OpenAI researcher who has tendered their resignation.

Fortune

OpenAI’s venture capital investors keeping legal action on the table if Sam Altman isn’t reinstated, sources say

Satya Nadella's midnight hiring of Sam Altman and Greg Brockman was a shrewd move for Microsoft, but unless Altman returns to OpenAI, the startup's other VC investors will be left with an empty shell.

Zenger

OpenAI In Upheaval, Report Says Altman Could Return Amid Board Tensions: Microsoft Hits Record Highs, On Track For Best Year Since 1999

Former president of OpenAI, is reportedly contemplating a return to the company contingent on the resignation of the board members

The Independent UK

What you need to know about Emmett Shear, OpenAI's new interim CEO

OpenAI is bringing in the former head of Twitch as interim CEO just days after the company pushed out its well-known leader, Sam Altman, sparking upheaval in the world of artificial intelligence

Kiplinger

Stock Market Today: Microsoft Gains Boost Stock Market

The blue chip stock popped on news the software giant has snagged OpenAI's ousted CEO to help lead an advanced AI research team.

Fortune

OpenAI's meltdown: What to know about Sam Altman's ouster, the employee revolt, and Microsoft's plot twist

On Friday afternoon, the OpenAI board fired Altman, saying he has not been “consistently candid” with them. By early Monday morning, he’d been hired by Microsoft.

Fortune

OpenAI made 5 huge governance missteps—here’s what boards can learn from its error

OpenAI's boardroom decision has left investors and Silicon Valley stunned.

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