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☆ 3 lessons from Steve Jobs' Stanford commencement speech 18 years ago that still resonate today
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

It's been 18 years since Jobs delivered the speech, and the lessons he shared continue to resonate. Eighteen years later, the 15-minute speech continues to resonate, offering useful advice on life and work for people of all ages. "I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK," Jobs said in the speech. 'Find what you love'The second story Jobs told recounted the time he was fired from Apple. "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life," Jobs said, adding, "Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.

Persons: Steve Jobs, Jobs, he'd, Steve Wozniak, Apple, I'm, You've Organizations: Stanford University, Apple

☆ One of the 'godfathers' of AI says that today's systems don't pose an existential risk, but warned that things could get 'catastrophic'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

There's a chance that AI development could get "catastrophic," Yoshua Bengio told The New York Times. "Today's systems are not anywhere close to posing an existential risk," but they could in the future, he said. "Today's systems are not anywhere close to posing an existential risk," Yoshua Bengio, a professor at the Université de Montréal, told the publication. Marc Andreessen spoke even more strongly in a blog post last week in which he warned against "full-blown moral panic about AI" and described "AI risk doomers" as a "cult." "AI doesn't want, it doesn't have goals, it doesn't want to kill you, because it's not alive," he wrote.

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☆ Tech leaders are calling for an A.I. pause because they have no product ready, Palantir CEO says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Lim Hui Jie | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Palantir's boss Alex Karp opposes the idea of a pause in artificial intelligence research, in contrast to an open letter from the Future of Life Institute signed by some of the biggest names in the tech industry. The letter, which has garnered over 31,000 signatures including names like Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, called for a pause on AI research on models larger than GPT-4, which powers tools such as ChatGPT. The letter also said that if "such a pause cannot be enacted quickly, governments should step in and institute a moratorium." Speaking to BBC Radio in an interview broadcast Thursday, Karp said he is of the view that "many of the people asking for a pause, are asking for a pause because they have no product." To him, "studying this and allowing other people to win both on commercial areas and on the battlefield" is a really bad strategy.

Persons: Alex Karp, Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, Karp Organizations: Life, Apple, BBC Radio

☆ Sam Altman says he worries making ChatGPT was 'something really bad' given potential AI risks
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Spriha Srivastava | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Sam Altman said he worried creating ChatGPT was "something really bad" given the risks AI poses. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has admitted to losing his sleep over the dangers of his creation ChatGPT. In a conversation during a recent trip to India, Sam Altman said he worries the over the idea that he may have done "something really bad" by creating ChatGPT, which was released in November and sparked a surge of interest in AI. The risks are highA number of tech leaders and government officials have raised concerns about the pace of development of AI platforms. Earlier this month, Altman was among more than 350 scientists and tech leaders who signed a statement expressing deep concern over AI risks.

Persons: Sam Altman, Satyan Gajwani, Altman, Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak Organizations: Times Internet, Morning, Economic Times, Life Institute, Elon, Apple Locations: New Delhi, Israel, Jordan, Qatar, UAE, India, South Korea

☆ Sam Altman fired back at Elon Musk's criticism of OpenAI saying 'I like the dude' but that 'he's totally wrong about this stuff'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sam Altman has fired back at Elon Musk's criticisms of OpenAI. At an event in India, Altman countered Musk's claims saying he's "totally wrong about this stuff." Musk co-founded OpenAI alongside Altman in 2015, but later resigned from its board of directors. OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman has again fired back at billionaire Elon Musk's criticism that the company just cares about profit over safety, saying that such claims are completely false. Musk co-founded OpenAI alongside Altman in 2015, but resigned from its board of directors in 2018.

Persons: Sam Altman, Altman, Musk's, he's, Elon, it's, Musk, Lex Fridman's, Steve Wozniak, Emad Mostaque Organizations: Elon, Morning, Indian, Economic Times, Microsoft, Apple Locations: India, Delhi

☆ Self-made millionaire: Smart risk-takers don't try to 'change the world'—here's what they do instead
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Oftentimes, commencement speakers conclude their speeches with something to the effect of, "now go out and change the world." Taking smart risks can ultimately lead to revolutionary ideas, says John Crowley, executive chairman of Amicus Therapeutics, a biotechnology company. But if your ultimate career goal is to change the world, you may be setting yourself up for disappointment. "Very few people have changed the world," Crowley tells CNBC Make It. Crowley says that smart risk-takers avoid setting lofty, broad goals, opting instead for clear, tangible goals.

Persons: John Crowley, Crowley, they've, —, Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Kelly Evans Organizations: Amicus Therapeutics, CNBC, Novazyme Pharmaceuticals, Genzyme Corporation, Microsoft, Apple

☆ 3 California universities are in the top 10 for churning out startup founders who have gotten funding since 2022
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Vishal Persaud | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Stanford, UCLA and USC are in the top 10 schools with grads who have gotten private startup funding. Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Southern California rank among some of the top schools to produce startup founders that recently got private funding, according to Crunchbase. Other California-based colleges to make the list of schools include the University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, San Diego, and the California Institute of Technology. The data also details the business schools that some of the startup founders attended. The fact that hundreds of new startup founders have been able to secure funding is a bit surprising considering the current state of the venture capital industry.

Persons: grads, Crunchbase, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Apple, Steve Wozniak, Gordon Moore, Marc Benioff, That's Organizations: Stanford, UCLA, USC, Morning, Stanford University, University of California, University of Southern, Berkeley, Los Angeles , University of California, California Institute of Technology, Stanford Business School, UCLA Anderson School of Management, Haas School of Business, Google, Intel, Salesforce, Tech, Venture Locations: Six California, Berkeley, University of Southern California, California, Los Angeles, San Diego, North America

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☆ AI is getting out of control and it's creating a generational divide
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Spriha Srivastava | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

There's a sense of déjà vu, similar to the digital revolution, and it's led to a generational divide. Tech leaders are also worried. While in many instances these digital innovations brought people closer, helped families bond, and gave people a tool to voice their feelings and opinions, for many others, it created a divide between generations — a digital divide. The letter read: "We call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4. This can result in a digital divide, where some people have limited access to technology or lack the necessary digital skills to effectively engage with AI systems and other emerging technologies.

Persons: It's, it's, Bard, —, haven't, Mona Lisa, Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, Sam Altman, OpenAI, Bill Gates, aren't, Spriha Srivastava Organizations: Tech, Facebook, Twitter, Adobe, Life Institute, Elon, Apple

☆ Nvidia's founders came up their trillion-dollar idea while spending hours drinking Denny's coffee and eating Grand Slam breakfasts: 'We were not good customers'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Nvidia's cofounders told WSJ they came up with the idea for the company over breakfast at Denny's. The company, worth $1 trillion, makes graphics cards for gaming and chips that power AI tech. Nvidia with well-positioned to profit off the AI arms race, Insider previously reported. "We were not good customers," Nvidia cofounder Chris Malachowsky told the Journal. You can read more about Nvidia's founding over at The Wall Street Journal.

Persons: Nvidia's cofounders, Nvidia cofounders Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, Curtis Priem, Huang, Alan Diaz, Bard, Matthew Fox, Mark Zuckerberg's, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak Organizations: Nvidia, Morning, Wall Street, WPP, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard, Apple, Jobs Locations: San Jose , California

☆ A former Google exec warned about the dangers of AI saying it is 'beyond an emergency' and 'bigger than climate change'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mo Gawdat, a former top Google employee, said AI is a bigger emergency than climate change. Gawdat appeared in an episode of The Diary of a CEO podcast with Steven Bartlett to discuss AI. A former Google officer has weighed in on the debate around AI and warned that it is a bigger emergency than climate change, in an an episode of The Diary of a CEO podcast released Thursday. "It is beyond an emergency," Gawdat told Bartlett in the podcast. It's bigger than climate change believe it or not."

Persons: Mo Gawdat, Gawdat, Steven Bartlett, —, Bartlett, Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, Emad Mostaque, OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT, Sundar Pichai Organizations: Google, Elon, Apple, Financial Times

☆ Microsoft executive calls for faster AI regulation
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Smith also said AI isn’t as “mysterious” as many think, adding it is getting more powerful. Regarding concerns about AI’s power, Smith said any technology that exists today looked dangerous to people who lived before it. Job disruptions due to AI will unfold over years, not months, Smith said. “For most of us, the way we work will change,” Smith said. “Let’s use six months to go faster.”Smith suggested an executive order where the government itself says it will only buy AI services from companies that are implementing AI safety protocols.

☆ Elon Musk says 'I am the reason OpenAI exists' and that he 'came up with the name.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk took credit for the existence of OpenAI and said he came up with the startup's name. "I am the reason OpenAI exists," Musk told CNBC's David Faber in a Tuesday interview. "I came up with the name," Musk told CNBC. Musk told CNBC Microsoft could "cut off OpenAI" at any point and has a lot of control over the startup. OpenAI, Microsoft, and Musk did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment sent outside regular business hours.

☆ Humans are so boring that AI will not only take over mankind's jobs — it'll want to say 'goodbye' to us altogether, says an AI CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The CEO of an AI firm says AI may find humans so boring, it will want to say "goodbye" to us. Mostaque's Stability AI runs Stable Diffusion, an artificial intelligence-operated tool that allows users to generate images from short text prompts. Mostaque's Stability AI is worth $1 billion, and with more cash expected to flow in, it is speculated that the company's true valuation is around $4 billion. Getty Images alleged in a statement on January 17 that Stability AI "unlawfully copied and processed millions of images protected by copyright." Stability AI did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment sent outside regular working hours.

In midsized metros Metros with 250,000 to one million residents. An Emerging Divide Mobility has risen for college-educated workers, even as it has fallen for workers without a degree. College-educated workers leaving the most expensive parts of the country are also not spreading out equally everywhere — or even going to parts of the country that are struggling. Net migration among college graduates Loss Gain Among the 12 most expensive metros, net college migration has generally declined or turned negative. “Consumer cities,” as she puts it, are increasingly replacing “producer cities” as the places where college graduates want to live.

☆ Billionaire investors Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger aren't sold on AI hype: 'Old-fashioned intelligence works pretty well'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger appeared skeptical of AI during an annual shareholder meeting. Billionaire investors Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger haven't quite bought into the artificial intelligence hype. "I am personally skeptical of some of the hype that is going into artificial intelligence," Munger said. Both Buffett and Munger have questioned in the past whether artificial intelligence will be beneficial to society. Earlier this year, Buffett's righthand man said AI won't be able to do "everything that we want," like cure cancer.

☆ Apple's co-founder says AI will make it easier for 'bad actors' to get away with more convincing scams
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Apple's co-founder Steve Wozniak warned AI could be used to get away with more convincing scams. This is because tools like ChatGPT can produce text that sounds as intelligent as a human, he said. Wozniak recently signed an open letter calling for a pause on the development of AI. Apple's co-founder warned that AI could make it easier for "bad actors" to get away with very convincing scams, the BBC reported Tuesday. He also said individuals should take responsibility for anything that is generated by AI and then posted in the public realm.

☆ Why ChatGPT developer OpenAI is the No. 1 company on the 2023 CNBC Disruptor 50 list
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Julia Boorstin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Microsoft unveiled new versions of its Bing internet-search engine and Edge browser powered by the newest technology from ChatGPT maker OpenAI. Of the 50 companies on this year's list, 21 told us that AI is critically important to more than 50% of their revenue. Half of the companies in the top 10 of the 2023 CNBC Disruptor 50 list feature key use of AI, and notably, they represent a diverse range of industries and use cases. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during a keynote address announcing ChatGPT integration for Bing at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, Feb. 7, 2023. The call to slow down is, in fact, less safe than what they're proposing," he said, referring to OpenAI and Altman.

☆ A $175 check signed by Steve Jobs is up for auction—it’s 'expected to fetch $25,000' or more
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

But if you find one signed by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, it might be worth extra cash. RR Auction, a Boston-based organization that sources and sells historical autographs, manuscripts and artifacts, is auctioning off a $175 check signed by Steve Jobs in July 1976. The check is expected to fetch $25,000," over 142 times its original worth, according to the company's press release. In 1974, Jobs left his role as a video game designer and reconnected with Steve Wozniak, a former high school friend. When Jobs was kicked out of Apple in 1985, he started a rival computer company called NeXT.

☆ Regulators are starting to investigate how to deal with the rapid rise of consumer AI like ChatGPT
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Regulators are starting to investigate how to deal with the rapid rise of consumer AI like ChatGPT. The UK's competition watchdog is reviewing how to make AI accessible but safe to use. US vice president Kamila Harris met with top AI firms on Thursday to discuss safety around AI. The UK government is calling for an investigation into the rapid rise of consumer AI like ChatGPT to create guidance around how to protect and support consumers, businesses, and the economy. Twitter CEO Elon Musk, AI experts, and leaders in the industry including Steve Wozniak and Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque signed an open letter requesting a pause on the development of AI more powerful than OpenAI's GPT4 as worries mount about the dangers it poses.

☆ 'We're not at the moon yet': Human-like A.I. is still some way off, early investor in Google's DeepMind says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

"In terms of artificial general intelligence, OpenAI, ChatGPT stuff: it's like saying we're going to jump to the moon," Humayun Sheikh, a founding investor in AI startup DeepMind, which is now owned by Google , told CNBC in an interview. We are still some way off reaching human-level artificial intelligence despite rapid advances in the technology, according to an early investor in research laboratory DeepMind. His comments come as Google-parent Alphabet merges DeepMind with Google Brain, part of the U.S. internet giant's research division. Earlier this week, Demis Hassabis, the founder of DeepMind, told the Wall Street Journal that some form of AGI might be possible "in the next few years." How do we put that boundary around it and make sure AI doesn't go out of control?," Sheikh said.

☆ Microsoft opens up its AI-powered Bing to all users
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Samantha Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Microsoft is rolling out the new AI-powered version of its Bing search engine to anyone who wants to use it. The move highlights Microsoft’s commitment to move forward with the product even as the AI technology behind it has sparked concerns around inaccuracies and tone. Bing now gets more than 100 million daily active users each day, a significant uptick in the past few months, according to Mehdi. Google, which has long dominated the market, is also adding similar AI features to its search engine. Microsoft’s moves also come amid heightened scrutiny on the rapid pace of advancement in AI technology.

☆ Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak voices concerns about AI and a need for regulation
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Jennifer Korn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

“I’m just a scientist who suddenly realized that these things are getting smarter than us,” Hinton told CNN’s Jake Tapper in an interview on Tuesday. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, who was one of the signatories on the letter, appeared on “CNN This Morning” on Tuesday, echoing concerns about its potential to spread misinformation. “Tricking is going to be a lot easier for those who want to trick you,” Wozniak told CNN. Hinton, for his part, told CNN he did not sign the petition. “It’s not clear to me that we can solve this problem,” Hinton told Tapper.

☆ Apple may want to use AI to change your diet, sleep routine, and mood, Bloomberg reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Apple is developing an AI-powered health coach under the codename Quartz, Bloomberg reported. It will use Apple Watch data to monitor diet, exercise, and sleep patterns, then suggest changes. It would use data from Apple Watch users to monitor sleep patterns, exercise routines, diet, and emotions, then suggest personalized healthy changes based on the AI's analysis. The latest iterations of the Apple Watch already have a heart rate monitor, fertility tracker, and temperature sensor. Bloomberg reported that additional features will be rolled out later to read users' moods by analyzing their speech, typed words, and other device data.

☆ Elon Musk says the government needs 'some sort of contingency plan' to shutdown AI if it gets too powerful
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk said the government needs "some sort of contingency plan" to deal with powerful AI. Musk told Tucker Carlson there needs to be a way to shut it down if it gets out of hand. Elon Musk said the government needs to be prepared to step in if artificial intelligence gets out of hand. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have also called for government regulation and expressed concern about the potential dangers of the technology. Now, Musk says he plans to create a "maximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe."

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