The Hugging Face website on a smartphone arranged in New York, Aug. 17, 2023. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Artificial intelligence startup Hugging Face says it’s seeing increased interest from potential customers following the chaos at rival OpenAI. “I think a lot of companies, organizations now are kind of wondering about the risk … Read more
Sam Altman will return as CEO of OpenAI, the startup tweeted early Wednesday morning. The move follows immense pressure from employees and investors on the board that ousted him less than a week ago. Former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will join OpenAI’s board, the Microsoft-backed startup said, with Taylor … Read more
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Monday said that he was open to the prospect of Sam Altman returning to OpenAI following his dramatic ouster from the high-profile company last week, as the fallout of his abrupt removal continues. The tech giant had previously announced that it was bringing in Altman and former OpenAI President Greg … Read more
Just about every highly successful person has confidence. Some, like ex-OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, believe in taking it to an extreme — and that’s when they turn from inspiring to frightening, says a leadership expert. “Organizations should be very frightened of having CEOs who are delusionally overconfident,” Don Moore, a leadership and communication professor at … Read more
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told CNBC’s Jon Fortt on Monday that the governance structure of OpenAI needs to change, three days after the sudden firing CEO Sam Altman. “At this point, I think it’s very clear that something has to change around the governance,” Nadella said. He added that Microsoft would have “a good dialogue … Read more
Hundreds of OpenAI employees, including co-founder and board member Ilya Sutskever, have signed a letter demanding that either OpenAI’s remaining board members resign or those OpenAI employees will join Sam Altman’s new venture at Microsoft, according to NBCNews. “Your actions have made it obvious that you are incapable of overseeing OpenAI,” the letter says. About … Read more
OpenAI’s board sacked Altman on Friday after concerns that he was underestimating the dangers of its technology. Hundreds of staff at leading artificial intelligence company OpenAI have threatened to quit and join Microsoft after the sudden firing of the company’s co-founder Sam Altman. The OpenAI staff said they would follow Altman, who said he would … Read more
OpenAI named ex-Twitch boss Emmett Shear as interim CEO, while outgoing chief Sam Altman is set to join backer Microsoft in a surprise turn of events for the startup at the heart of an artificial intelligence boom. Issued on: 20/11/2023 – 15:42 3 min The appointments, settled late at night on Sunday, followed Altman’s abrupt … Read more
Former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will be joining Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team, according to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Nadella said on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that Altman and Greg Brockman, former OpenAI president and board chair, alongside other colleagues, will be joining Microsoft to lead a … Read more
LISBON, PORTUGAL – NOVEMBER 07: LISBON, PORTUGAL – NOVEMBER 07: Emmett Shear, Twitch, on the Contentmakers 1 Stage Stage during day two of Web Summit 2018 at the Altice Arena on November 7, 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. In 2018, more than 70,000 attendees from over 170 countries will fly to Lisbon for Web Summit, including … Read more