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Climate tech’s biggest hits and misses in 2023
TechCrunch,
For the broader economy, this was the year of the recession that never arrived. But for climate tech, it was a year of both great hits and big misses. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Where could the Hunger Games go from here?
AV Club,
With the release of The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes, Lionsgate has used up the last of the source material that fed one of its most popular IPs. The Hunger Games book trilogy by Suzanne Collins yielded a series of four successful films, ending in 2015 with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2.… Read more...
We went to BlizzCon 2023 to find out if it's the future of gaming conventions
This story is part of our new Future of Gaming series, a three-site look at gaming’s most pioneering technologies, players, and makers. Read more...
Most of OpenAI’s employees threaten to quit if Sam Altman isn’t reappointed CEO
The OpenAI saga continues. This morning, Ilya Sutskever, the AI startup’s chief scientist and board director, published a mea culpa of sorts on X (formerly) Twitter. Sutskever was among those who pushed to abruptly remove former Y Combinator president Sam Altman as CEO of OpenAI and demote Greg Brockman, the company’s president, from his position […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Symon is a funny parrot who loudly announces when she poops
Boing Boing,
Meet Symon, a hilarious African Grey parrot. While she says lots of words and phrases—"give me a kiss," "I love you," and many more—my absolute favorite thing she utters is "uh oh, poopies!" when she, well, poops. If you need a laugh, watch these YouTube shorts of her saying "poop!" — Read the rest
Catching up on OpenAI’s wild weekend
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week. This past weekend was all about […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Most OpenAI Staff Threaten to Quit After Microsoft Hires Sam Altman
Gizmodo,
Early on Monday morning, Microsoft hired Sam Altman to lead a new advanced AI research team after he was ousted from his position at OpenAI last week. Within hours, OpenAI employees threatened to resign en masse with more than 500 out of 750 employees signing a letter demanding that the board resign and Altman be… Read more...
Argentina elects far-right libertarian Javier Milei as president
What sort of libertarian is Javier Milei? A "sex and drugs" libertarian? Alas, no. He's a "sell organs and children" libertarian. And he and his 1970s anime hair shall govern Argentina after winning, handily, its presidential election. His rival Sergio Massa conceded the run-off vote on Sunday evening in a brief speech even before official results were announced. — Read the rest