133 posts tagged ‘AI’
Elon Musk says xAI’s chatbot ‘Grok’ will launch to X Premium+ subscribers next week
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Shortly after screenshots emerged showing xAI’s chatbot Grok appearing on X’s web app, X owner Elon Musk confirmed that Grok would be available to all of the company’s Premium+ subscribers sometime “next week.” While Musk’s pronouncements about time frames for product deliveries haven’t always held up, code developments in X’s own app revealed that Grok […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
OpenAI’s initial new board counts Larry Summers among its ranks
Meet OpenAI’s new board of directors: Bret Taylor, Larry Summers and Adam D’Angelo. Or, more precisely, the board for the time being. We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board of Bret Taylor (Chair), Larry Summers, and Adam D'Angelo. We are collaborating […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Who would’ve guessed the powerful folk would win the AI fight?
So, there were some nonprofit folks up against a wall of money and influence. Guess who won? © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
OpenAI will benefit from unity of purpose with Sam Altman’s return
In case you missed it, Sam Altman is back as OpenAI CEO. His reinstatement comes after a whirlwind few days in which we saw unusual corporate governance lead to an attempt to oust Altman, despite support from both Microsoft and the vast majority of OpenAI’s workforce. While the whole process was incredibly messy, the result […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Daisy Ridley Teases Her Unexpected Star Wars Movie
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David Tennant teases a wild climax to the Doctor Who anniversary specials. Get a new look at Colin Farrell’s return as the Penguin. Muppets Mayhem is no more, but Black Mirror will returns for more. Plus, Cobra Kai prepares to return to filming. Spoilers away! Read more...
Effective accelerationism, doomers, decels, and how to flaunt your AI priors
Several political perspectives are shaping quite a lot of the work on artificial intelligence, and so we need to understand them, especially now. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
OpenAI’s leadership moves to Microsoft, propelling its stock up
Microsoft is the real winner of the OpenAI chaos that reigned over the weekend, and its rallying stock price is indicative of that. Upon the shocking news that OpenAI’s board had unexpectedly fired CEO Sam Altman on Friday, reportedly to due internal strife over OpenAI’s direction, Microsoft stock dropped more than 2% in after-hours trading, […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
A timeline of Sam Altman’s firing from OpenAI — and the fallout
In a dramatic turn of events late Friday, ex-Y Combinator president Sam Altman was fired as CEO of AI startup OpenAI, the company behind viral AI hits like ChatGPT, GPT-4 and DALL-E 3, by OpenAI’s board of directors. Then, the company’s longtime president and co-founder, Greg Brockman, resigned — as did three senior OpenAI researchers. […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.