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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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Some VCs are over the Sam Altman hype
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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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Satya Nadella added $63 billion in market value for Microsoft with a ...
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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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The OpenAI saga's outcome leaves billionaires to shape AI
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.
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Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging broken pact to benefit humanity
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Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging broken pact to benefit ...
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.
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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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Sam Altman brings the receipts on Elon Musk's involvement in OpenAI
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.
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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 ...
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With his sudden return to OpenAI, Sam Altman becomes the latest 'boomerang ...
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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 Attempting to Raise Trillions to Supercharge AI Chipmaking
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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
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Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI
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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 ...
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Everyone's talking about OpenAI's Q.* Here's what you need to know
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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.
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Elon Musk is Trying to Raise $1 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.
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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 ...
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Sam Altman reportedly open to a return to OpenAI
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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’
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Sam Altman sheds light on feud with Elon Musk: ‘The closer people are to ...
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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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OpenAI's board approached Anthropic CEO about top job and merger
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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 ...
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Investors are souring on OpenAI’s nonprofit governance model
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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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Microsoft Needs a Better Seat at OpenAI’s Table
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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 ...
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ChatGPT Plus subs are listed on Ebay after OpenAI blocked signups
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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 backs teens’ AI startup automating browser-native workflows
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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 says he got so many messages after being fired that his iPhone ...
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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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Sam Altman lists the startup rules ChatGPT maker OpenAI broke on its way ...
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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.
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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 ...
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Sam Altman invested $180 million into a company trying to delay death
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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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OpenAI's Secret Weapon Is Sam Altman's 33-Year-Old Lieutenant
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Sam Altman backs teens’ startup, Google unveils the Pixel 8 and TikTok tests an ad-free tier
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Sam Altman backs teens’ startup, Google unveils the Pixel 8 and TikTok ...
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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 ...
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ChatGPT Maker OpenAI Is Staying Private So It Can Make ‘Strange’ Decisions
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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 ...
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The public should be told what Sam Altman lied to the OpenAI board about
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A Moral War for A.I.: Inside the divide between doomers and techno-optimists.
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A Moral War for A.I.
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.
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How Chris Howard Of Fuel Capital Broke Into The Ranks Of The World’s Best Seed Investors
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How Chris Howard Of Fuel Capital Broke Into The Ranks Of The World’s Best ...
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The inside story of ChatGPT: How OpenAI founder Sam Altman built the world’s hottest technology with billions from Microsoft
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The inside story of ChatGPT: How OpenAI founder Sam Altman built the ...
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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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Sam Altman, the maker of ChatGPT, says the A.I. future is both awesome and ...
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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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ChatGPT creator Sam Altman explains how to build a valuable startup
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Sam Altman’s Eyeball-Scanning Crypto Project Worldcoin Is Having An Identity Crisis
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Sam Altman’s Eyeball-Scanning Crypto Project Worldcoin Is Having An ...
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.
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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 ...
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How the CEO behind ChatGPT won over 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.
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Tech execs race to save startups from 'extinction' after SVB collapse: Technology executives, prominent venture capitalists and founders including OpenAI CEO Sam ...
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Tech execs race to save startups from 'extinction' after SVB collapse
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Elon Musk Sues Sam Altman’s OpenAI Over Microsoft Ties
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Elon Musk Sues Sam Altman’s OpenAI Over Microsoft Ties
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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-backed startup to bring AI smart pin to Japan, South Korea
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Sam Altman, Vinod Khosla say they’ll personally loan cash to startups in the wake of SVB collapse
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Sam Altman, Vinod Khosla say they’ll personally loan cash to startups in ...
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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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Sam Altman’s Worldcoin eyeball-scanning crypto project launches
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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 ...
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Cybersecurity startup Huntress raises $60M Series C round, eyes IPO
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All you need to know about ChatGPT, the A.I. chatbot that's got the world talking and tech giants clashing
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All you need to know about ChatGPT, the A.I. chatbot that's got the world ...
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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
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Sam Altman says he doesn’t need equity in $27 billion OpenAI because he ...
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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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Sam Altman Is the Oppenheimer of Our Age
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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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What to Know About Worldcoin and the Controversy Around It
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).
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The Seattle transplant has carved out a spot among the world’s best seed investors after a decade grinding his way to Silicon Valley’s inside track.
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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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Microsoft is pouring nearly $10 billion into SF startup despite layoffs
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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.
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OpenAI Releases First $20 Subscription Version Of ChatGPT AI Tool
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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 ...
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FTC Scrutinizing Microsoft-OpenAI Deal, Report Says
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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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Sam Altman’s Worldcoin eyeball-scanning crypto project launches
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#MintPrimer | #OpenAI chief executive and founding team member #SamAltman was last week fired from the company he helped make famous. Many startup founders have been made ... Show more
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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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Sam Altman invested $180 million in a longevity startup
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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 Secular Parties Played Their Part in Rise of Communalism
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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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How Sam Altman's $850m nuclear SPAC could make nuclear mainstream
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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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These 2 teens cold-called Sam Altman and became the youngest founders ever ...
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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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Marc Andreessen has a plan to use 'AI to save the world'
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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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OpenAI against regulation of smaller AI startups - CEO
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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 ...
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ChatGPT Maker OpenAI Is Staying Private So It Can Make ‘Strange’ Decisions