53 posts tagged ‘Microsoft’
Sam Altman Is So Back at OpenAI, but Its Board Is So Not Back
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Sam Altman was reinstated as OpenAI’s Chief Executive Officer late on Tuesday night. The board that fired Sam Altman due to a lack of confidence, just four days ago, was largely replaced with profiteering veterans Larry Summers and Bret Taylor. Co-founder Greg Brockman will return to OpenAI, minus his board seat, as… Read more...
OpenAI’s leadership moves to Microsoft, propelling its stock up
TechCrunch,
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.
Microsoft is the only real winner in the OpenAI debacle
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.
We went to BlizzCon 2023 to find out if it's the future of gaming conventions
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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 OpenAI Staff Threaten to Quit After Microsoft Hires Sam Altman
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...
How To Keep Your Laptop or Desktop Well Maintained
Like anything mechanical—your car, for example, or your washing machine—your laptop or desktop computer will benefit from being regularly maintained, it’ll last longer and perform better, and the regular jobs you need to do to keep it in the best possible condition won’t take you too long or need too much expertise. Read more...
OpenAI Fires CEO Sam Altman
OpenAI announced Friday that Sam Altman departed the company on Friday. Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati has been appointed interim CEO to lead OpenAI. The news comes just weeks after OpenAI’s DevDay, where Sam Altman announced some of the company’s biggest advancements yet. Read more...
ChatGPT Is Apparently a Great Surveillance Tool
Welcome to AI This Week, Gizmodo’s weekly roundup where we do a deep dive on what’s been happening in artificial intelligence. Read more...