Sam Altman, a major figure in Silicon Valley‘s burgeoning AI industry who earlier this year testified before Congress on the dangers of the technology, has been removed as CEO of OpenAI, according to a company statement. The surprise firing has set off a flurry of questions about why a startup currently positioned for a valuation of up to $90 billion would cut ties with its chief executive.
Shortly after news of Altman’s ousting, the company’s president Greg Brockman, who earlier stepped down from the board, announced he was quitting.
Shortly after news of Altman’s ousting, the company’s president Greg Brockman, who earlier stepped down from the board, announced he was quitting.
- 11/17/2023
- by Miles Klee and Lorena O'Neil
- Rollingstone.com
OpenAI is the parent company of ChatGPT and Sam Altman has been part of the company since its inception in 2015, but now he has been fired.
Just one day after participating in the Apec CEO Summit, Sam was fired from his position as CEO at OpenAI.
The press release that has been distributed by OpenAI seems to accuse Sam of lying to the board of directors.
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The company said, “Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities. The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI.”
Mira Murati, the company’s chief technology officer, will serve as interim CEO, effective immediately.
In a statement, the board of directors said: “OpenAI was deliberately structured to advance...
Just one day after participating in the Apec CEO Summit, Sam was fired from his position as CEO at OpenAI.
The press release that has been distributed by OpenAI seems to accuse Sam of lying to the board of directors.
Keep reading to find out more…
The company said, “Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities. The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI.”
Mira Murati, the company’s chief technology officer, will serve as interim CEO, effective immediately.
In a statement, the board of directors said: “OpenAI was deliberately structured to advance...
- 11/17/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Usage of AI chatbots appears to be increasing, as Google’s AI chatbot, Bard, will be available to teens in most countries starting Thursday, and ChatGPT was forced to temporarily pause new signups due to demand.
In a blog post Wednesday, Google outlined the potential uses among teens, highlighting prompts such as how to write a class president speech and science fair project ideas. Bard will also allow teens to type or upload a math equation and then provide step-by-step instructions on how to solve it.
The tech giant says it has also consulted with child safety and development experts on the usage of the chatbot among teens, who are available to use it as young as age 13 in the U.S. Among the safeguards, Bard will introduce a “double-check” feature that verifies answers with content across the internet, as well as safety features that prevent illegal or unsafe content from appearing in the answers.
In a blog post Wednesday, Google outlined the potential uses among teens, highlighting prompts such as how to write a class president speech and science fair project ideas. Bard will also allow teens to type or upload a math equation and then provide step-by-step instructions on how to solve it.
The tech giant says it has also consulted with child safety and development experts on the usage of the chatbot among teens, who are available to use it as young as age 13 in the U.S. Among the safeguards, Bard will introduce a “double-check” feature that verifies answers with content across the internet, as well as safety features that prevent illegal or unsafe content from appearing in the answers.
- 11/16/2023
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A trio of major music publishers are stepping into the legal battle against generative artificial intelligence to stop the use of their copyrighted material to train AI systems, this time in a lawsuit against Anthropic.
Universal Music Group, Concord Music Group and Abkco sued the company in Tennessee federal court Wednesday, accusing it of “systematic and widespread infringement” by copying and distributing lyrics from at least 500 songs from artists such as Katy Perry, the Rolling Stones and Beyoncé.
The lawsuit, which is the first from a music publisher against an AI company over the use of lyrics, was filed in the wake of the Authors Guild — representing a host of prominent fiction authors including George R.R. Martin, Jonathan Franzen and John Grisham — suing OpenAI last month. The leading trade group for writers claimed that the Sam Altman-led company engaged “in a systematic course of mass-scale copyright infringement” to “power their lucrative commercial endeavor.
Universal Music Group, Concord Music Group and Abkco sued the company in Tennessee federal court Wednesday, accusing it of “systematic and widespread infringement” by copying and distributing lyrics from at least 500 songs from artists such as Katy Perry, the Rolling Stones and Beyoncé.
The lawsuit, which is the first from a music publisher against an AI company over the use of lyrics, was filed in the wake of the Authors Guild — representing a host of prominent fiction authors including George R.R. Martin, Jonathan Franzen and John Grisham — suing OpenAI last month. The leading trade group for writers claimed that the Sam Altman-led company engaged “in a systematic course of mass-scale copyright infringement” to “power their lucrative commercial endeavor.
- 10/18/2023
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
San Francisco, Dec 4 (Ians) As the world experimented with OpenAI chatbot service that generated amusing results for some, Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Sunday said after he “learned” that OpenAI was accessing the micro-blogging platform’s database for “training”, he put a pause on it.
Musk tweeted: “As I just learned that OpenAI had access to Twitter database for training. I put that on pause for now.”
“Need to understand more about governance structure & revenue plans going forward,” he added.
He also said that OpenAI “was started as open-source and non-profit. Neither are still true”.
Several users expressed their thoughts on Musk’s post.
While one user asked, “Was that your original vision back when you were co-founding OpenAI? To keep the AI-based researches open-source and non-profit?”, another said, “Weren’t you listed as a co-founder of OpenAI?”
Moreover, when OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tweeted: “Interesting to me how many...
Musk tweeted: “As I just learned that OpenAI had access to Twitter database for training. I put that on pause for now.”
“Need to understand more about governance structure & revenue plans going forward,” he added.
He also said that OpenAI “was started as open-source and non-profit. Neither are still true”.
Several users expressed their thoughts on Musk’s post.
While one user asked, “Was that your original vision back when you were co-founding OpenAI? To keep the AI-based researches open-source and non-profit?”, another said, “Weren’t you listed as a co-founder of OpenAI?”
Moreover, when OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tweeted: “Interesting to me how many...
- 12/4/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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