Sam Altman is a former OpenAI CEO
OpenAI Co-founder Sam Altman and CHAT GPT Co-founder Nathan Benaich have said that the firm’s bylaws gave a handful of people, with no financial stake in the company, the power to upend the project on a whim. They added that OpenAI’s corporate structure has been at odds with the need to support research through huge amounts of equity investment.
OpenAI’s structure gave 4 people the power to fire Sam
Sam Altman, who was ousted as CEO of AI startup OpenAI, said he doesn’t have much experience with nonprofits. “I don’t have a lot of experience with startups,” he added. “Some things…only a CEO can do…or you have to kill some project, or something with a major partner,” Altman further said. He was hired by OpenAI in 2015 as its CEO.
Sam the CEO of Openai Ousts
US-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup OpenAI’s Co-founder and CEO Greg Brockman is stepping down from his position as the chair of the board. The startup said that Brockman was not “consistently candid in his communications with the board”, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities. Mira Murati, the startup’s Chief Operating Officer, has been appointed as the interim CEO.
Advertisers are leaving as Musk’s X deals with concerns over antisemitism
X has announced that it has stopped showing ads from pro-Nazi and anti-semitic content that it has previously found. The decision was taken after Media Matters for America said that it found ads linked to pro-Nazi articles on its platform. Earlier, X CEO Linda Yaccarino had said that advertisers would be able to see what their ads were being shown to.
Sam Altman’s sudden exit is a big deal
OpenAI’s Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, who left the company on Friday, has said that she is “proud” of the work done by the SoftBank-backed company. Murati has been leading teams that develop tools such as ChatGPT and Dall-E. “I’m excited to be able to return to my home state of California where I was raised,” she added.
The second test of the Starship ended in an explosion a few minutes after launch
SpaceX’s Starship failed its test flight on October 23, when the automated flight termination system triggered following a loss of contact with the craft about 10 minutes into its flight. NASA’s Human Landing System Program head, Lisa Watson-Morgan, told Ars Technica that the launch will be a great learning event. The Starship launch was originally scheduled to take place on November 17.
Who is OpenAI’s new interim CEO?
Sam Altman, who was CEO of AI startup OpenAI, announced on Friday that he’s leaving the company. “I loved my time at openai. He predicted artificial intelligence will be ‘the greatest leap forward of any technological revolution we’ve had so far’,” Altman said. He had joined OpenAI in 2013 from Twitter, where he was the VP and Co-founder.
It is possible that Musk just signed X’s death warrant
IBM has pulled its advertising from Twitter’s ‘X’ after CEO Elon Musk said that it promoted far-right talking points. IBM had an ad next to “pro-Nazi and pro-Hitler content” on the platform, Media Matters and Financial Times pointed out. Earlier this week, Musk wrote on Twitter that he opposed any group that promoted racism and was against the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
A new music tool uses famous singers’ voices to create tracks
YouTube has launched a new experimental music platform ‘Dream Track’ to explore the use of AI to support artists’ creative processes. The platform can be accessed by users typing in a prompt, and a user will be directed to a short clip of a new song sung by artist Charlie Puth with a relevant backing track.
The best Black Friday Sonos deals include soundbars and speakers
Amazon, Bestbuy, Walmart and Best Buy have slashed the prices of Sonos’ Beam and Arc smart speakers. The Beam is on sale from BestBuy for $349, while the Arc is on sale for $719 from BestBuy. The second-gen Sonos Beam is also on sale from BestBuy for $349 while the Arc is on sale from BestBuy for $719.