133 posts tagged ‘AI’
Microsoft is the only real winner in the OpenAI debacle
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OpenAI is in the process of fully collapsing on itself, following the ousting of former CEO Sam Altman in a shock board decision. Exactly why the board decided to fire Altman is still unclear, but it seems increasingly likely that it was more about power-play shenanigans than anything else. What is clear is that Microsoft, […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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.
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.
Startups must add AI value beyond ChatGPT integration
The AI hype train is going full swing. At this point, it is hard to name an industry not affected by this disruptive technology. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Deal Dive: An AI application that isn’t just marginally better
Pippin Title uses AI to help its customers navigate the fragmented world of property titles into one digital space. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Robotics Q&A with Toyota Research Institute’s Max Bajracharya and Russ Tedrake
For the next few weeks, TechCrunch’s robotics newsletter Actuator will be running Q&As with some of the top minds in robotics. Subscribe here for future updates. Part 1: CMU’s Matthew Johnson-Roberson This week, we’ve got a two-fer. Toyota Research Institute’s Russ Tedrake and Max Bajracharya split the job. Tedrake is TRI’s vice president of Robotics […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Greg Brockman quits OpenAI after abrupt firing of Sam Altman
OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman has quit the firm, he said Friday, hours after the Microsoft-backed giant abruptly fired its chief executive Sam Altman and assured that Brockman would remain at the startup. Brockman’s sudden departure adds to the day’s uncertainties at OpenAI, following closely on the heels of its maiden developer conference led […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
WTF is going on at OpenAI? We have theories
In perhaps the most unexpected tech news of the year, billionaire and AI evangelist Sam Altman has been ejected from his CEO role at OpenAI by the company’s board after an apparent vote of no confidence. Its exact wording in a release issued this afternoon: Altman’s “departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.