Meet Emmett Shear, OpenAI’s ‘Highly Intelligent, Socially Awkward’ Interim CEO
“I’m skeptical. If Twitch serves as a precursor of what’s to come in AI, we can expect a lot of opaque policies and missed opportunities,” argues Joost van Dreunen, a...
The secret iPhone hack that will help you do your laundry
Your iPhone can do pretty much everything — even help with your laundry. An Instagram user shared how your phone can help you decipher what the symbols on the care...
OpenAI staffers threaten mass revolt after board forces out Sam Altman, Greg Brockman
More than 500 OpenAI staffers have reportedly threatened to quit on Monday unless the company’s embattled board of directors resigns over its surprise move on Friday to oust Sam Altman...
OpenAI Staff Threaten to Quit Unless Board Resigns
Microsoft has been approached for comment. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. The letter reads: To the Board of Directors at OpenAI, OpenAI is the world’s...
Synthetic imagery sets new bar in AI training efficiency
Data is the new soil, and in this fertile new ground, MIT researchers are planting more than just pixels. By using synthetic images to train machine learning models, a team...
Sam Altman’s Attempt to Return as OpenAI CEO Fails as Board Turns to ex-Twitch CEO
Shear cofounded livestreaming platform Twitch, which sold to Amazon for nearly $1 billion in 2014. He stepped down as CEO in March, ending a 16 year run at Twitch, citing...
OpenAI execs invite Sam Altman, Greg Brockman to headquarters
Ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and former President Greg Brockman joined executives at the company’s San Francisco headquarters on Sunday after interim CEO Mira Murati told staff she invited Altman,...
How OpenAI’s Bizarre Structure Gave 4 People the Power to Fire Sam Altman
Beside Sutskever, the remaining directors include Adam D’Angelo, an early Facebook employee who has served since 2018 and is CEO of Q&A forum Quora, which licenses technology from OpenAI and...
What Sam Altman’s Firing Means for the Future of OpenAI
Altman’s ouster shows the organization meant to align superintelligent AI with humanity failing to align the values of even its own board members and leadership. Adding a profit-seeking component to...
