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TIMELINE – From CEO Sam Altman’s firing to Elon Musk’s lawsuit: check out the OpenAI saga
9Mar By adminNo Comments
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TIMELINE – From CEO Sam Altman’s firing to Elon Musk’s lawsuit: check out the OpenAI saga

[ad_1] OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will return to the ChatGPT-maker's board along with three new directors, the company said on Friday. Below is a timeline of the events in a tumultuous few months for the artificial intelligence company. Date Event Nov. 17, OpenAI board fires CEO Sam Altman and 2023 President Greg Brockman quits. Mira Murati named as interim CEO Nov. 18, Altman's firing was over a "breakdown in 2023 communication between Sam and the board," and not "malfeasance", COO Brad Lightcap says in an internal memo Early investor Khosla Ventures says it wants Altman back at OpenAI, "but will back him in whatever he does next" Altman discusses a possible return to the company even as he contemplates a new venture, source says Nov. 20, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the Windows 2023 ma...
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Sam Altman, OpenAI Board Open Talks to Negotiate His Possible Return
22Nov By adminNo Comments
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Sam Altman, OpenAI Board Open Talks to Negotiate His Possible Return

[ad_1] Sam Altman and members of the OpenAI board have opened negotiations aimed at a possible return of the ousted co-founder and chief executive officer to the artificial intelligence company, according to people with knowledge of the matter.Discussions are happening between Altman and at least one board member, Adam D'Angelo, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the deliberations are private and they may not come to fruition. The talks also involve some of OpenAI's investors, who are also pushing for his reinstatement, one of the people said. In one scenario being discussed, Altman would return as a director on a transitional board, one of the people said. We are now on WhatsApp. Click to joinThat the board and Altman are in communication is a significant developme...
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Hundreds of OpenAI staff threaten mass exodus to join Sam Altman at Microsoft; read full letter
20Nov By adminNo Comments
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Hundreds of OpenAI staff threaten mass exodus to join Sam Altman at Microsoft; read full letter

[ad_1] Hundreds of staff at OpenAI threatened to quit the leading artificial intelligence company on Monday and join Microsoft. They would follow OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman, who said he was starting an AI subsidiary at Microsoft following his shock sacking from the company whose ChatGPT chatbot has led the rapid rise of artificial intelligence technology.In a letter, some of OpenAI's most senior staff members threatened to leave the company if the board did not get replaced. "Your actions have made it obvious that you are incapable of overseeing OpenAI," said the letter, which was first released to Wired. Included in the list of names of signers was Ilya Sutskever, the company's chief scientist and one of members of the four-person board that voted to oust Altman.It also included top ...
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Anthropic Co-Founder Daniela Amodei Praises Joe Biden Meeting in Safe AI Effort
25Jul By adminNo Comments
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Anthropic Co-Founder Daniela Amodei Praises Joe Biden Meeting in Safe AI Effort

[ad_1] Daniela Amodei, a co-founder of artificial intelligence company Anthropic, called a meeting with AI leaders at the White House last week an “incredible first step” in the effort to ensure the technology is safe.In a conversation with Bloomberg Television on Monday, Amodei stressed the need for “communication early and often” with policymakers, academics and other groups in the US as well as abroad. Amodei said that the startup, which has billed itself as making a safer kind of chatbot, has focused on ensuring the latest version of its technology, called Claude 2, returns harmless answers — even to harmful questions. “Of course no model on the market is 100% immune from jailbreaks or is perfectly safe, but really our goal is to try and provide a model that is as safe as possible,”...
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