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☆ Jane Seymour is booked and busy defying ageism in Hollywood at 73
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Ask Jane Seymour about her longevity as an actress and she can point to several things, including her willingness to take on a variety of roles. The show, which Seymour also executive produces, has humor as well as mystery and it’s a natural fit for the “Dr. There’s no too small a role.”And there’s no role too emotional for Seymour either. These days Seymour has found love with her boyfriend John Zambetti, who is a doctor and a musician. Now he says ‘Can we watch Dr. Quinn?’”Season 3 of “Harry Wild” premieres Monday on AcornTV.

Persons: Jane Seymour, “ I’m, Harry Wild ”, Harriet “ Harry ” Wild, Fergus, Rohan Nedd, Seymour, Quinn, ”, “, Harry, Glen Campbell, Alzheimer’s, “ Glen Campbell, James Keach, John Zambetti, She, Dr, James Bond, ’, “ He’d, Quinn ’ Organizations: CNN, Medicine Locations: Covid, AcornTV

☆ Larry Summers Is OpenAI’s Surprise Pick to Mend Fences
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Newley Purnell | Keach Hagey | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

OpenAI said late Tuesday that Sam Altman will return to the artificial-intelligence company as CEO, with a new initial board. WSJ reporter Tom Dotan analyzes the latest developments. Photo: John G Mabanglo/ShutterstockAs Sam Altman looks to steer OpenAI following the turmoil of his ouster and return as chief executive, he will be working with an initial board of directors consisting of two new faces—and one holdover from the previous board that fired him. The two joiners are seasoned tech veteran Bret Taylor , who was formerly co-CEO of Salesforce and chairman of Twitter, and Larry Summers , the onetime Treasury secretary and Harvard University president whose appointment surprised some observers. Remaining on the board is Adam D’Angelo , a former Facebook executive and the founder of the question-and-answer website Quora, a potential sign that Altman may not have everything his own way after his dramatic reinstatement late Tuesday.

Persons: OpenAI, Sam Altman, Tom Dotan, John G Mabanglo, Bret Taylor, Larry Summers, Adam D’Angelo, Altman Organizations: Twitter, Harvard University, Facebook

Most employees at OpenAI have demanded that former CEO Sam Altman be reinstated after the company’s board fired him on Friday. Microsoft said late Sunday that it hired Altman to lead a new advanced artificial-intelligence research team. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesTop investors and senior OpenAI leaders were still pushing to reinstate Sam Altman to his CEO role at OpenAI as the future of the artificial-intelligence company remained in jeopardy. The talks continued as much of OpenAI’s staff threatened Monday to quit if the board didn’t restore Altman to power, according to people familiar with the matter. Meanwhile, OpenAI’s rivals were making public overtures to any disgruntled employees at the startup company behind the viral chatbot ChatGPT.

Persons: Sam Altman, Altman, Justin Sullivan Organizations: OpenAI, Microsoft Locations: OpenAI

☆ OpenAI Employees Threaten to Quit Unless Board Resigns
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Keach Hagey | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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More than 700 OpenAI employees have demanded that former CEO Sam Altman be reinstated after the company’s board fired him on Friday. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesThe future of OpenAI was in jeopardy Monday, as the vast majority of employees threatened to quit if the board that fired the company’s CEO, Sam Altman , didn’t resign itself and restore him to power. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said late Sunday that the company was hiring Altman and Greg Brockman , OpenAI’s president who resigned in protest after Altman was ousted, and was opening its doors to more joining from the company behind viral chatbot ChatGPT.

Persons: Sam Altman, Justin Sullivan, OpenAI, didn’t, Satya Nadella, Altman, Greg Brockman Organizations: Microsoft

Sam Altman’s bid to return to artificial intelligence company OpenAI faltered on Sunday, as the board that fired him didn’t agree to the proposed terms of his reinstatement. Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesSAN FRANCISCO—Microsoft said it is hiring Sam Altman to helm a new advanced artificial-intelligence research team, after his bid to return to OpenAI fell apart Sunday with the board that fired him declining to agree to the proposed terms of his reinstatement. Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella posted on X (formerly Twitter) late Sunday that Altman and Greg Brockman , OpenAI’s president and co-founder who resigned Friday in protest over Altman’s ouster, will lead its team alongside unspecified colleagues. Nadella said Microsoft was committed to its partnership with OpenAI and that it would move quickly to provide Altman and Brockman with “the resources needed for their success.”

Persons: Sam Altman’s, OpenAI, Patrick T, Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Altman, Greg Brockman, Nadella, Brockman, ” Organizations: Fallon, Agence France, Microsoft, OpenAI

Sam Altman’s bid to return to artificial intelligence company OpenAI faltered on Sunday, as the board that fired him didn’t agree to the proposed terms of his reinstatement. Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesSAN FRANCISCO— Sam Altman ’s bid to return to OpenAI after being ousted Friday faltered late Sunday, as the board that fired him refused to agree to the proposed terms of his reinstatement and quietly found someone else to take Altman’s spot. Emmett Shear, former chief executive of Twitch, was named interim CEO, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Altman was shocked by the decision, previously feeling confident he would be able to return to the company he co-founded, according to a person familiar with his thinking.

Persons: Sam Altman’s, OpenAI, Patrick T, Sam Altman ’, Emmett Shear, Altman Organizations: Fallon, Agence France

Former OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman has told allies that he wants a new board and governance structure if he returns to the company. Photo: patrick t. fallon/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesSAN FRANCISCO—Two days after Sam Altman was ousted from OpenAI, he was back at the company’s office, trying to negotiate his return. The former chief executive officer entered with a guest badge on Sunday and posted on X: “first and last time i ever wear one of these.”

Persons: Sam Altman, patrick, ” Organizations: OpenAI, fallon, Agence France

OpenAI said co-founder Sam Altman is leaving as chief executive. Mira Murati, chief technology officer at the artificial-intelligence company, will serve as interim CEO. Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg NewsOpenAI ’s investors are making efforts to bring back Sam Altman , the chief executive officer who was ousted Friday, the latest development in a fast-moving chain of events at the artificial-intelligence company behind ChatGPT. Altman is thinking about returning but has told investors that if he does return, he wants a new board and governance structure, people familiar with the matter said. He has separately discussed starting a company that would bring on former OpenAI employees, including several who quit in protest over his ouster.

Persons: OpenAI, Sam Altman, Mira Murati, David Paul Morris, Altman Organizations: Bloomberg, ChatGPT

The exact reason for Sam Altman’s firing as CEO of OpenAI remains unclear. Photo: andrew caballero-reynolds/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesOpenAI ’s investors are making efforts to bring back Sam Altman , the chief executive who was ousted Friday, said people familiar with the matter, the latest development in a fast-moving chain of events at the artificial-intelligence company behind ChatGPT. Altman is considering returning but has told investors that he wants a new board, the people said. He has also discussed starting a company that would bring on former OpenAI employees, and is deciding between the two options, the people said.

Persons: Sam Altman’s, andrew caballero, reynolds, Sam Altman, Altman Organizations: Agence France, ChatGPT

☆ Tucker Carlson’s Media Company Secures Investment Led by New ‘Anti-Woke’ Firm 1789 Capital
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Keach Hagey | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Tucker Carlson’s Media Company Secures Investment Led By New ‘Anti-Woke’ Firm 1789 Capital
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Keach Hagey | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Trump’s Truth Social Challenge Now Is to Get a Deal Done
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Amrith Ramkumar | Keach Hagey | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Keach Hagey — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Keach Hagey | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Keach HageyKeach Hagey is a reporter at The Wall Street Journal’s Media and Marketing Bureau in New York, where she focuses on the intersection of media and technology. Her investigation into the inner workings of Google’s advertising-technology business won recognition from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (Sabew). Previously, she covered the television industry for the Journal, reporting on large media companies such as 21st Century Fox, Time Warner and Viacom. She led a team that won a Sabew award for coverage of the power struggle inside Viacom. Before joining the Journal, Keach covered media for Politico, the National in Abu Dhabi, CBS News and the Village Voice.

Persons: Keach, George Polk, Gerald Loeb, “, Sumner, ” Organizations: Journal’s Media, Marketing Bureau, Facebook, Google, George, George Polk Award, Business, Beat, Society for, Century Fox, Time Warner, Viacom, CBS, HarperCollins, Politico, Village, Stanford University Locations: New York, Abu Dhabi, Irvington, N.Y

☆ Outcry Against AI Companies Grows Over Who Controls Internet’s Content
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Deepa Seetharaman | Keach Hagey | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Tucker Carlson Is Creating a New Media Company
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Keach Hagey | Alexa Corse | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Why job searches suck right now
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Adrienne Matei | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Finding a job right now isn't only tough, it's deeply weird. Individually, ghost-job postings can erode both trust in the job market and the morale of job seekers who are applying to hundreds of positions and never hearing back. On a macro level, ghost-job postings contribute to a skewed sense of how many opportunities are really out there for US job seekers right now. Job platforms — including LinkedIn, ZipRecruiter, Indeed, and Monster — also use language-processing AI tools to filter applicants. Suddenly, knowing how to work with AI tools and resources is an important edge for job seekers to have.

☆ Your Job Search Sucks Right Now Due to AI Hiring, Ghost Job Listings
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Adrienne Matei | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Finding a job right now isn't only tough, it's deeply weird. On a macro level, ghost-job postings contribute to a skewed sense of how many opportunities are really out there for US job seekers right now. Job platforms — including LinkedIn, ZipRecruiter, Indeed, and Monster — also use language-processing AI tools to filter applicants. And now, generative AI tools like ChatGPT are contributing to job loss. Suddenly, knowing how to work with AI tools and resources is an important edge for job seekers to have.

☆ Tucker Carlson Announces Twitter Show, Alleges Fox Breached Contract
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Talal Ansari | Keach Hagey | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson said he is launching a new show on Twitter and called the social-media platform the ‘last big one’ that allows free speech. Photo: Tucker CarlsonTucker Carlson said he is launching a new show on Twitter, putting him on a potential collision course with Fox News, which ousted him last month while keeping him under contract. “Starting soon, we’ll be bringing a new version of the show we’ve been doing for the last six-and-a-half years to Twitter,” Mr. Carlson said in a video posted to the social-media platform Tuesday afternoon.

Several weeks ago, as Fox News lawyers prepared for a courtroom showdown with Dominion Voting Systems, they presented Tucker Carlson with what they thought was good news: They had persuaded the court to redact from a legal filing the time he called a senior Fox News executive the c-word, according to people familiar with the matter. Mr. Carlson, Fox News’s most-watched prime-time host, wasn’t impressed. He told his colleagues that he wanted the world to know what he had said about the executive in a private message, the people said. Mr. Carlson said comments he made about former President Donald Trump—“I hate him passionately”—that were in the court documents were said during a momentary spasm of anger, while his dislike of this executive was deep and enduring.

Photo: Richard Drew/Associated PressTucker Carlson still has plenty of opportunities in broadcasting despite his ouster from Fox News, media observers said, though history shows that departing star anchors have struggled to regain the influence and reach that they enjoyed at the conservative news network. “Tucker will have options, whether they’re entrepreneurial as he was before he came to Fox, or more traditional outlets,” Jonathan Klein , former president of CNN US, said in an interview. However, he “probably won’t reach the same size audience and he won’t have the same influence that he had.”

Photo: Richard Drew/Associated PressFox News parted ways with prime-time host Tucker Carlson , a surprising move that comes after he made disparaging remarks about colleagues at the network that were disclosed during a legal battle with a voting-machine company. Mr. Carlson’s departure puts an end to a decade-plus tenure at the conservative news network during which he rose to become the highest-rated host in prime-time cable news.

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