Some VCs are over the Sam Altman hype: In some corners of Silicon Valley, the meteoric rise of OpenAI and Sam Altman has given way to an inevitable backlash.
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Sam Altman's Under-The-Radar SPAC Fuses AI Expertise With Nuclear Energy: Here Are The Others Involved
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Satya Nadella added $63 billion in market value for Microsoft with a ‘poker move for the ages’
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The OpenAI saga's outcome leaves billionaires to shape AI: Sam Altman's triumph means the logic of hypergrowth startups will guide the technology's future.
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Quick Glance: OpenAI appoints new board members, reinstates CEO Sam Altman
- Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, is rejoining the company's board of directors.
- Joining alongside him are three new members, including former CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Sue Desmond-Hellmann, ex-Sony Entertainment president Nicole Seligman, and Instacart CEO Fidji Simo - expanding OpenAI's board to seven people.
- The appointment of the four new board members - and the reinstatement of Altman - comes after OpenAI faced criticism for its all-male board makeup and the nomination of Summers, who made derogatory remarks about women.
- OpenAI's expanded board is certainly diverse - at least in terms of their backgrounds.
Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman for breach of contract: Elon Musk has sued OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman, among others ...
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Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging broken pact to benefit humanity
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Quick Glance: Elon Musk Sues OpenAI for Prioritizing Profit Over Humanity
- Elon Musk has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman for failing to uphold their promise of developing AI tools for the benefit of humanity.
- Musk contends that he founded and funded OpenAI under the condition that it remain a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating safe, open-source AI for public benefit.
- The lawsuit demands that OpenAI make its research and technology available to the public and prohibits the company's executives from profiting from their work.
- Musk is also seeking damages, the amount of which is unclear, with the intention of donating any proceeds to a nonprofit or charity.
Sam Altman brings the receipts on Elon Musk's involvement in OpenAI: OpenAI in a blog post published emails between the company and Musk and said it intended to ...
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Quick Glance: Elon Musk's Initiative to Eliminate Like and Retweet Counts on Twitter
- Musk plans to remove like, retweet, and favorite counts from X's main feed.
- Early user reactions to Musk's plan were mostly negative.
- Removing these metrics serves no business purpose and could impact engagement on the platform.
- Musk's move towards a structure similar to Threads may lead to potential boredom on the platform.
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 ...
npr.org/2023/11/21/1214257786/boomerang-ceo-founder-sam-altman-openai
Sam Altman Attempting to Raise Trillions to Supercharge AI Chipmaking: OpenAI's CEO is already meeting with potential investors, and chip-making partners ...
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Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI: New board announces ‘agreement in principle’ for return of former CEO after campaign by staff and investors
theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/22/sam-altman-openai-ceo-return-board-chatgpt
Everyone's talking about OpenAI's Q.* Here's what you need to know: A team led by the chief scientist, Ilya Sutskever, made a breakthrough earlier this year that ...
businessinsider.com/openai-project-q-sam-altman-ia-model-explainer-2023-11
Elon Musk is Trying to Raise $1 Billion for xAI, His OpenAI Rival: He was an OpenAI co-founder but tangled with its other leaders.
thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-is-trying-to-raise-dollar1-billion-for-xai-his-openai-rival
Quick Glance: Elon Musk's X.AI Seeks $1 Billion in Funding
- Elon Musk's startup, X.AI, plans to raise up to $1 billion in equity offering after being announced in July.
- X.AI aims to directly compete with companies like OpenAI with its Grok technology.
- X.AI is one of many companies owned or led by Musk, including Twitter, Tesla, SpaceX, Boring Company, and Neuralink.
- The X.AI team includes alumni from DeepMind, OpenAI, Google Research, Microsoft Research, Twitter, and Tesla.
Sam Altman is rejoining the board of OpenAI. Here's a look at the company's new board. www.cnbc.com/2024/03/08/sam-altman-rejoins-openai-board-company-adds-three-new-members.html
Sam Altman reportedly open to a return to OpenAI : The change of mind comes just hours after Microsoft hired OpenAI's ex-CEO to lead its new AI team ...
businessinsider.com/sam-altman-reportedly-open-return-openai-ceo-like-steve-jobs-2023-11
Microsoft emerges as big winner from OpenAI turmoil
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Sam Altman sheds light on feud with Elon Musk: ‘The closer people are to being pointed in the same direction, the more contentious the disagreements are’
fortune.com/2023/12/03/sam-altman-elon-musk-openai-ai-tech-feud/
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OpenAI's board approached Anthropic CEO about top job and merger: OpenAI's board of directors approached rival Anthropic's CEO about replacing chief Sam Altman ...
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Breakingviews - OpenAI’s helping hand raises uneasy questions
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Investors are souring on OpenAI’s nonprofit governance model: OpenAI was never quite like other generative AI startups — or other startups period ...
techcrunch.com/2023/11/20/openai-governance-model-investors/
Microsoft Needs a Better Seat at OpenAI’s Table: The leadership crisis exposed Microsoft’s reliance on the AI startup, showing a need for a greater role.
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ChatGPT Plus subs are listed on Ebay after OpenAI blocked signups: OpenAI boss Sam Altman announced on Wednesday that the company would temporarily stop new ...
businessinsider.com/chatgpt-plus-subscriptions-listed-on-ebay-after-openai-blocked-signups-2023-11
Sam Altman backs teens’ AI startup automating browser-native workflows: Sam Altman, Peak XV, and Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman’s AI grant are among backers of an ...
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Sam Altman says he got so many messages after being fired that his iPhone broke : Sam Altman told Trevor Noah during a podcast appearance that he was inundated ...
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Sam Altman lists the startup rules ChatGPT maker OpenAI broke on its way to a nearly $30B valuation
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Many startups build on top of OpenAI's models, and are looking at alternatives from Anthropic and Meta in the wake of Sam Altman's ouster.
Sam Altman invested $180 million into a company trying to delay death: Can anti-aging breakthroughs add 10 healthy years to the human life span? The CEO of ...
technologyreview.com/2023/03/08/1069523/sam-altman-investment-180-million-retro-biosciences-longevity-death/
OpenAI's Secret Weapon Is Sam Altman's 33-Year-Old Lieutenant: Brad Lightcap helped seal the startup’s deal with publisher Axel Springer. Now he’s experimenting ...
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Sam Altman backs teens’ startup, Google unveils the Pixel 8 and TikTok tests an ad-free tier
techcrunch.com/2023/10/07/sam-altman-backs-a-teens-startup-google-unveils-the-pixel-8-and-tiktok-tests-an-ad-free-tier/
Sam Altman Says 'It's Hopeless To Compete With' OpenAI - Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT):
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ChatGPT Maker OpenAI Is Staying Private So It Can Make ‘Strange’ Decisions: OpenAI Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said he’s not interested in taking the ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-06/openai-staying-private-and-free-to-make-strange-decisions
The public should be told what Sam Altman lied to the OpenAI board about: OpenAl has the most powerful tech in the world right now. So it's important to know ...
businessinsider.com/public-need-know-what-sam-altman-lied-openai-board-2023-11
A Moral War for A.I.: Inside the divide between doomers and techno-optimists.
slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd/2023/12/why-openai-brought-sam-altman-back
Quick Glance: Sam Altman Returns to OpenAI with New Microsoft Board Seat
- CEO announces nonvoting seat for Microsoft, raising questions about future of chief scientist Ilya Sutskever.
- Nonprofit board concludes Altman was not consistently candid in his communications with the board.
- Altman confirms new all-male OpenAI board, including former Treasury secretary Larry Summers, Quora CEO Adam D'Angelo, and former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor.
- New York Times reported tension between Altman and the board over a research paper criticizing the company’s approach to AI safety.
How Chris Howard Of Fuel Capital Broke Into The Ranks Of The World’s Best Seed Investors
forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2023/05/05/chris-howard-fuel-capital-forbes-midas-seed/
The inside story of ChatGPT: How OpenAI founder Sam Altman built the world’s hottest technology with billions from Microsoft
fortune.com/longform/chatgpt-openai-sam-altman-microsoft/
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Sam Altman, the maker of ChatGPT, says the A.I. future is both awesome and terrifying. If it goes badly: ‘It’s lights-out for all of us’
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ChatGPT creator Sam Altman explains how to build a valuable startup: The path to building a successful startup is a difficult one. OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman would ...
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Sam Altman’s Eyeball-Scanning Crypto Project Worldcoin Is Having An Identity Crisis
forbes.com/sites/richardnieva/2023/08/10/worldcoin-sam-altman-identity-crisis/
Quick Glance: Worldcoin: Security Concerns Surrounding Biometric Data
- The international ID startup, backed by prominent investors in Silicon Valley, is under investigation regarding the security of the collected biometric data.
- The goal of Worldcoin and Tools for Humanity is to provide an identification method that cannot be stolen or duplicated.
- Worldcoin collects biometric data by capturing photographs of a person's iris.
- While Worldcoin claims to use the data for creating a unique and secure form of identification, privacy experts are concerned about potential use of the information for personalized marketing.
How the CEO behind ChatGPT won over Congress: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seems to have achieved in a matter of hours what other tech execs have been struggling to do ...
cnn.com/2023/05/17/tech/sam-altman-congress/
Quick Glance: OpenAI CEO Impresses Lawmakers at Private Dinner
- CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, discussed his company's advanced artificial technology and the challenges of regulation with around 60 lawmakers at a private dinner on Monday.
- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a separate hearing on artificial intelligence in government at the same time as Altman's testimony.
- Ted Lieu, Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus who co-hosted the dinner with GOP Conference Vice Chair Mike Johnson, said, "I thought it was fantastic."
- Haley Stevens, representative from Michigan, praised Lieu and Johnson for bringing together "a total cross-section of our entire Congress to engage in a topic that is transforming our world," despite having never been to a meeting like this before despite being in her third term in Congress.
Tech execs race to save startups from 'extinction' after SVB collapse: Technology executives, prominent venture capitalists and founders including OpenAI CEO Sam ...
reuters.com/business/tech-execs-race-save-startups-extinction-after-svb-collapse-2023-03-12/
What is Worldcoin, the project that wants to give you free crypto in exchange for scanning your eyes?
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Sam Altman-backed startup to bring AI smart pin to Japan, South Korea: BARCELONA, Spain -- AI device maker Humane is bringing its smart pin to Japan and South ...
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Sam Altman, Vinod Khosla say they’ll personally loan cash to startups in the wake of SVB collapse
techcrunch.com/2023/03/12/sam-altman-vinod-khosla-say-theyll-personally-loan-cash-to-startups-in-the-wake-of-svb-collapse/
Sam Altman’s Worldcoin eyeball-scanning crypto project launches: Worldcoin, Sam Altman’s audacious eyeball-scanning crypto startup, has started the global ...
techcrunch.com/2023/07/24/worldcoin-launch-sam-altman/
Cybersecurity startup Huntress raises $60M Series C round, eyes IPO: The funding round comes as cyber startups have a tougher time raising capital in the current ...
axios.com/2023/05/16/huntress-60m-series-c-cybersecurity-startup
All you need to know about ChatGPT, the A.I. chatbot that's got the world talking and tech giants clashing
cnbc.com/2023/02/08/what-is-chatgpt-viral-ai-chatbot-at-heart-of-microsoft-google-fight.html
Sam Altman says he doesn’t need equity in $27 billion OpenAI because he already has ‘enough money’ and is motivated by other ‘selfish’ benefits
fortune.com/2023/06/22/sam-altman-openai-enough-money-bloomberg-technology-summit/
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Sam Altman Is the Oppenheimer of Our Age: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman insists the artificial intelligence he is creating could destroy civilization even as he hastens ...
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What to Know About Worldcoin and the Controversy Around It: Worldcoin, founded by OpenAI's Sam Altman, scans peoples' eyes in exchange for a digital ID and in ...
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Quick Glance: Kenya suspends Worldcoin cryptocurrency project due to safety concerns
- Kenya's Ministry of Interior has temporarily suspended the local activities of the Worldcoin cryptocurrency project as government agencies assess potential risks to public safety.
- Project founded by Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, launched last week.
- Worldcoin has not provided an immediate response to a comment request.
- According to local media, over 350,000 Kenyans have registered for Worldcoin as of Tuesday, in exchange for free cryptocurrency tokens valued at approximately 7,000 Kenyan shillings ($49.09).
Microsoft is pouring nearly $10 billion into SF startup despite layoffs: The massive investment is a sign of a potential new era for a tech industry reeling from ...
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OpenAI Releases First $20 Subscription Version Of ChatGPT AI Tool: AI unicorn OpenAI is ready to make money off its popular AI chatbot released in November.
forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2023/02/01/openai-releases-first-subscription-chatgpt/
FTC Scrutinizing Microsoft-OpenAI Deal, Report Says: Regulators in the U.S. and U.K. are reviewing whether Microsoft’s dealings with the AI startup have violated ...
forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2023/12/08/ftc-scrutinizing-microsoft-openai-deal-report-says/
Sam Altman’s Worldcoin eyeball-scanning crypto project launches: Worldcoin, Sam Altman’s audacious eyeball-scanning crypto startup, has started the global ...
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#MintPrimer | #OpenAI chief executive and founding team member #SamAltman was last week fired from the company he helped make famous.
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Sam Altman invested $180 million in a longevity startup: Altman, the 37-year-old CEO of OpenAI, invested $180 million in a startup that aims to delay death by 10 ...
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India's startup world looks for lessons in Sam Altman ouster saga: Shortly after Altman was fired on November 17, veteran Indian entrepreneurs were quick to ...
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How Secular Parties Played Their Part in Rise of Communalism: Although communal forces were dealt with sternly in the first few years after Independence ...
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How Sam Altman's $850m nuclear SPAC could make nuclear mainstream: The OpenAI founder has helped fuse the future prospects of nuclear power with that of AI ...
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These 2 teens cold-called Sam Altman and became the youngest founders ever accepted to Y Combinator
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Marc Andreessen has a plan to use 'AI to save the world': Andreessen writes that if AI companies and startups are allowed to build "fast" and "aggressively" ...
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OpenAI against regulation of smaller AI startups - CEO: NEW DELHI (Reuters) - OpenAI is against regulating smaller startups in the field of artificial ...
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ChatGPT Maker OpenAI Is Staying Private So It Can Make ‘Strange’ Decisions: OpenAI Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said he’s not interested in taking the ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-06/openai-staying-private-and-free-to-make-strange-decisions
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