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☆ Venezuela Covets Guyana’s Oil Fields
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Mary Anastasia O Grady | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Ms. O'Grady joined the paper in August 1995 and became a senior editorial page writer in December 1999. She was appointed an editorial board member in November 2005. In 2012 Ms. O’Grady won the Walter Judd Freedom Award from The Fund for American Studies. In 2009 Ms. O'Grady received the Thomas Jefferson Award from The Association of Private Enterprise Education. Ms. O'Grady received a bachelor's degree in English from Assumption College and an M.B.A. in financial management from Pace University.

Persons: Mary Anastasia O'Grady, O'Grady, O’Grady, Walter Judd, Ms, Thomas Jefferson Organizations: Liberty Fund, The Fund, American Studies, The Association of Private Enterprise Education, International, Network, World Bank, Inter American Press, Assumption College, Pace University Locations: Latin America, Canada, Brazil

The logo of Swiss drugmaker Roche is seen at its headquarters in Basel, Switzerland January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsZURICH, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Roche (ROG.S) agreed to take over obesity drug developer Carmot Therapeutics (CRMO.O) for $2.7 billion, joining a list global contestants seeking to challenge the dominant makers of weight-loss drugs Novo Nordisk (NOVOb.CO) and Eli Lilly. After encouraging Phase I trial results, the drug is ready to be tested on humans in the second of three trial stages, Roche added. Among recent deals to acquire obesity drug development projects, AstraZeneca (AZN.L) last month agreed to pay up to $2 billion for the rights to an experimental pill from China's Eccogene. Roche will obtain access to Carmot's current R&D portfolio including all clinical and preclinical assets.

Persons: drugmaker Roche, Arnd, ROG.S, Eli Lilly, Swiss drugmaker, Roche, . New Roche, Thomas Schinecker, Ludwig Burger, Noel Illien, Rachel More, Louise Heavens Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Carmot Therapeutics, Novo Nordisk, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Thomson Locations: Basel, Switzerland, Swiss, ., Alzheimer's

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force is expanding its study of whether service members who worked with nuclear missiles have had unusually high rates of cancer after a preliminary review determined that a deeper examination is needed. In response, medical teams went out to each nuclear missile base to conduct thousands of tests of the air, water, soil and surface areas inside and around each of its three nuclear missile bases; Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana, Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota and F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming. For years the missileers were told in multiple Air Force reviews that there was not cause for concern. While the Air Force review is looking at a broader set of cancers, the number of self-reported NHL cases is striking because the community of missile launch officers is very small.

Persons: We’ve, Keith Beam, missileers, ”, Tory Woodard, ” Woodard, “, Barry Little, We’re Organizations: WASHINGTON, Air Force, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Minot Air Force Base, Warren Air Force Base, Environmental Protection Agency, U.S . Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, DOD, Veterans Affairs, The Air Force, Torchlight, NHL, National Cancer Institute, Torchlight Initiative, Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, 341st Missile Locations: Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, Iraq, Afghanistan

☆ TikTok sleuths have been obsessing over the case of Nancy Ng, a woman who vanished during a yoga retreat — and it's revealed an ugly truth
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In his first video, he addressed some "really shady" circumstances around Ng's case, including some comments by Chris Sharpe, the leader of the search-and-rescue team hired by Ng's family. Advertisement"Our desensitization to true crime, due to our constant consumption of media, means it's almost a challenge or a game to solve these puzzles," she said. The dark realityThough armchair sleuths can have their benefits, a lot of information shared about true crime can be misinformed, insensitive, or exaggerated. For example, in October, a man named Lawrence Crook begged TikTokers to stop making true crime content about his mom's murder. "What is interesting about the case of Nancy Ng is that this is a woman of Asian descent," she said.

Persons: Nancy Ng, isn't, TikTok, —, Ng, TikTokers, Ed Choi, Chris Sharpe, Ng's, Sharpe, Choi, Christina Blazek, influencer Gabby Petito, Kendal Stoneystreet, Stoneystreet, Madeline McCann, Jack, David Wilson, Lawrence Crook, Odessa Carey, Crook's, Crook, Nancy Ng's, Gabby Petito's, Lauren Smith, Kourtney Nichole, GabbyPetito, TikToker, Arigato Grande Organizations: Service, Authorities, Independent, ABC7, Sheffield Hallam University, Guatemalan Locations: Lake Atitlán, Guatemala, Southern California

A truck lines up to be loaded with soybeans in a farm in the city of Primavera do Leste in the central Brazilian state of Mato Grosso January 29, 2013. The crop-heavy northern section of Brazil’s top soy and corn state Mato Grosso experienced the driest October-November period in at least a quarter century. October-November precipitation in North Mato Grosso BrazilMato Grosso grows about 27% of Brazil’s soybeans and accounts for almost 30% of the country’s soybean export program, the world’s largest. The delay in the 2020-21 soybean crop reduced Mato Grosso’s second corn yields since it pushed the sensitive development period back into a historically drier time frame. Mato Grosso accounts for two-thirds of all Brazilian corn shipments.

Persons: Mato, Brazil Mato, Karen Braun Organizations: Mato Grosso, Brazil’s, European, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Primavera, Mato, NAPERVILLE , Illinois, Mato Grosso, Brazil

☆ Frontline workers who can't work from home are fighting for more control over their schedules
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Many frontline workers are demanding more flexibility in determining their schedules. New data shows the fight among frontline workers for better pay and independence hasn't slowed much. Nearly three-fifths of US workers can't adopt hybrid work due to the in-person nature of their jobs, and on average, these on-site, non-remote-capable workers are less engaged (29%) than fully remote or hybrid workers (38%), according to the Gallup survey. AdvertisementGallup researchers found that frontline workers aren't regretting not having the benefits of remote or hybrid work. According to the survey, frontline workers overall preferred having the ability to select what days to work, alongside more PTO and a four-day workweek.

Persons: hasn't, — Organizations: Service, Gallup, Workers, McKinsey

The hundreds of fossil fuel-connected people make up just a tiny share of the 90,000 people who registered to attend the climate summit known as COP28. “Let history reflect the fact that this is the Presidency that made a bold choice to proactively engage with oil and gas companies,” al-Jaber said. COP28 comes as the planet faces a mounting imperative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. David Hone, Shell's chief climate adviser, is in Dubai for at least his 17th appearance at the annual climate talks. At the moment, it's preventing about 0.1% of the energy sector's carbon emissions from reaching the atmosphere, according to the IEA.

Persons: Bob Deans, Deans, Sultan al, Jaber, “, ” al, COP28, TotalEnergies, Paul Naveau, Patrick Pouyanné, ” Naveau, Naveau, Shell, that's, ”, Arthur Lee, David Hone, Hone, Rachel Rose Jackson Organizations: The United Nations, U.S, Resources Defense, United Arab Emirates, Global, Coalition, Shell, TotalEnergies, BP, AP, Nations, UN, didn't, ”, International Energy Agency, IEA, Chevron, Corporate Locations: United Nations, Dubai, Chevron, Shell's

☆ A wave of tenured professors leaving their highly coveted positions say the DeSantis administration is the reason they're leaving Florida
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But the political climate has led some tenured university professors to leave the state, per The Times. But for a swath of liberal-leaning professors, many of them holding highly coveted tenured positions, they've felt increasingly out of place in the Sunshine State. University of Florida law professor Danaya C. Wright told The Times that several job candidates have pulled back their interest in moving to the state. "We have seen more people pull their applications, or just say, 'no, I'm not interested — it's Florida,'" she told the newspaper. AdvertisementChristopher Rufo, a conservative activist tapped by DeSantis to become a trustee of New College of Florida, hailed the faculty departures.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, —, they've, DeSantis, Neil H, Buchanan, Sarah Lynne, Lynne, Danaya, Wright, I'm, Christopher Rufo Organizations: Florida Gov, Times, Service, Sunshine State, Republican Gov, The New York Times, University of Florida College of Law, Florida Republicans, UF, Democratic, University of, University of Florida, The Times . University of Florida, New College of Florida, Florida Locations: Florida, Toronto

☆ In Florida’s Hot Political Climate, Some Faculty Have Had Enough
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Stephanie Saul | More About Stephanie Saul | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ron DeSantis had just taken office in 2019 when the University of Florida lured Neil H. Buchanan, a prominent economist and tax law scholar, from George Washington University. Now, just four years after he started at the university, Dr. Buchanan has given up his tenured job and headed north to teach in Toronto. In a recent column on a legal commentary website, he accused Florida of “open hostility to professors and to higher education more generally.”He is not the only liberal-leaning professor to leave one of Florida’s highly regarded public universities. The Times interviewed a dozen academics — in fields ranging from law to psychology to agronomy — who have left Florida public universities or given their notice, many headed to blue states. While emphasizing that hundreds of top academics remain in Florida, a state known for its solid and affordable public university system, they raised concerns that the governor’s policies have become increasingly untenable for scholars and students.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Neil H, Buchanan, DeSantis, — Organizations: University of Florida, George Washington University, Times Locations: Toronto, Florida

☆ Why are real estate commissions 6%? – and why that’s about to change
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Anna Bahney | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Many thought the internet would eventually kill the 6% real estate commission. Even as the ranks of stockbrokers and travel agents have dropped in recent years as commissions petered out, the number of real estate agents has grown and their typical commissions are bigger than ever as home prices have risen. That is largely because of the power of the National Association of Realtors, an influential lobbying group that represents 1.5 million real estate agents. How real estate commissions workHome sellers are usually on the hook for their real estate agent’s commission as well as for paying the agent that represents the buyer. Real estate agents will tell you commissions are negotiable — and they are.

Persons: Sellers, ”, Jordan Barry, “, Tiffany Hagler, won’t, Babiracki Barlow, “ we’ve, Vasi Organizations: DC CNN, Kansas City, Brookings Institution, stockbrokers, National Association of Realtors, University of Southern, National Association of Real, Exchanges, NAR, Association, Geard, Bloomberg, Getty, realtors, Agents, MLS, Department of Justice, DOJ, California Association of Realtors, New, Real, Board Locations: Washington, New York City, University of Southern California, Larchmont , New York, Boston, New York, New York —, York

☆ CNN took an 11-day cruise through some of the most-contested waters on Earth. Here’s what we learned
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +23 min

China claims almost all of the 1.3 million-square-mile South China Sea as its sovereign territory. In daylight hours in the South China Sea, from Ottawa’s flight deck or outdoor bridge wings, Chinese warships are often visible to the naked eye. Aviator Gregory Cole/Canadian Armed Forces PhotoOn October 29, things take a potentially dangerous turn, one that could have cost lives and ratcheted up tensions in the South China Sea to new levels. Radar operators scan their instruments in a Canadian antisubmarine warfare helicopter over the East China Sea. Hammerhead targets drones await their fate on the deck of the frigate HMCS Ottawa in the South China Sea.

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☆ Opinion | I Teach the Humanities, and I Still Don’t Know What Their Value Is
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Agnes Callard | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

You might be surprised to learn that this bit of ignorance poses no obstacle to me in the classroom. I suppose it would if I approached the teaching of Descartes as a matter of explaining why reading Descartes will make you a better person, but that is not how I teach Descartes, nor does any philosopher I know teach Descartes in that way. In contrast, defenses of the humanities are not — and cannot be — conducted in an inquisitive spirit, because a defensive spirit is inimical to an inquisitive one. Politicization is a way of arming the humanities for its political battles, but it comes at an intellectual cost. Politicization silences these and other questions, whereas the function of the humanities is to raise them.

Persons: Descartes

☆ Beyoncé ’s platinum ‘Renaissance’ look was triggering for some in the Black community. Here is why.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Nicquel Terry Ellis Cnn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“Her music is unapologetically, boundlessly and globally Black,” Thomas said. In many cases, lighter skinned slaves were the product of sexual violence by White men against enslaved Black women. Lighter skinned Black women were often deemed “redbones,” a term that for some undermined their Black heritage by implying that the women were mixed non-Black ancestry. A 2023 survey by nonprofit Catalyst found women with darker skin tones were more likely to experience workplace racism than women with lighter skin. “I also get to be critical of Beyoncé,” Thomas said.

Persons: Queen Bey, “, Tina Knowles, ” Knowles, “ Brown, Geneva Thomas, ” Thomas, ”, JeffriAnne Wilder, Wilder, White, ” Wilder, Beyoncé, India Arie, ” Arie, Arie, ” Beyoncé, Kevin Mazur, Oscar, Octavia Spencer, Thomas, she’s Organizations: CNN, Los Angeles, Catalyst, University of Chicago Press, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Locations: America, New York, Black America, London, England

☆ Don’t get sick from salmonella this holiday season
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Lisa Drayer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Martin Wiedmann: Salmonella is a microorganism that is very small. You might ingest salmonella 100 times, and 99% of the time you are fine, but then one time you get sick. Wiedmann: Raw cookie dough represents a risk for salmonella, even if you have eaten raw cookie dough in the past without getting sick. Best ways to avoid getting infected with salmonellaTo limit your chances of salmonella infection, cook raw meat and poultry properly. If a spatula touches raw meat on a grill for example, that spatula can also be a source of salmonella.

Persons: Martin Wiedmann, Martin, miodrag ignjatovic, Will, cantaloupe, ” Wiedmann, Lisa Drayer Organizations: CNN, Cornell University, New York, New York State Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence, salmonella, Centers for Disease Control, CDC, “, Food and Drug Administration, US Department of Agriculture Locations: Ithaca , New York, New York State, United States

☆ How Deere is preparing for a fully autonomous farm by 2030
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Kiley Lambert | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Jahmy Hindman is senior vice president & chief technology officer of Deere & Company , a position he has held since July 2020. The best example of this is our See & Spray technology. Before AI, farmers had to spray the entire field to get rid of the weeds. AI will also help us reach our goal of creating a fully autonomous production cycle for corn and soybean farmers by 2030. An example of this is the ability to retrofit See & Spray technology onto a sprayer built in 2018.

Persons: Jahmy Hindman, Hindman, John Deere, we've, we'll, we're, It's, it's Organizations: Deere & Company, Solutions, CNBC, Summit, Technology, Big Tech, Hindman : Technology, Deere Locations: Hindman

☆ The Big Number: 13.2 Million
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Marie Solis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Reporting on the Business news of the weekMarie Solis Reporting on the Business news of the weekAs OPEC Plus announced new cuts in output, oil production in the United States — which is not part of that group — is booming. A record 13.2 million barrels of oil a day are flowing from American oil fields, eclipsing even Saudi Arabia. Here are some of the effects of the increase →

Persons: Marie Solis Organizations: Business, OPEC Plus Locations: United States, Saudi Arabia

☆ A Venezuelan vote on an oil-rich region of Guyana raises concerns of a South American military conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( David Shortell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The area in question, the densely forested Essequibo region, amounts to about two-thirds of Guyana’s national territory and is roughly the size of Florida. The recent discovery of vast offshore oil fields in the region has heightened the stakes of the dispute. Venezuelans in Caracas take part in a rally during the closing of the campaign for the Essequibo referendum, on December 1. It owns the congress of Guyana,” Maduro told supporters last week. Matias Delacroix/APOn Wednesday, Brazil announced that it was increasing its military presence with “defensive actions” along its northern border with Venezuela and Guyana.

Persons: Nicolas Maduro, Miguel Gutierrez, Shutterstock, Robert Persaud, Venezuela doesn’t, Matias Delacroix, ” Maduro, Maria Corina Machado, Maduro, ”, Phil Gunson, Irfaan Ali, Paul J, Angelo, Wazim Mowla, Adrienne Arsht, Vladmir Putin’s, Bharrat Jagdeo, “, ” Jagdeo, ” Gunson Organizations: CNN, Quarterly, Court of Justice, UN, International Court of Justice, ExxonMobil, AP, International Crisis, Venezuelan, Foreign Relations, Caribbean Initiative, Atlantic, America, Crisis Locations: Guyana, Essequibo, Florida, Venezuela, British, Venezuelan, Caracas, Ukraine, Guyanese, The Hague, Guyana's, Paris, Guiana, Georgetown, AP Venezuela, ”, Demerara, Brazil, Crimea, that’s

☆ The key to solving loneliness and pollution might be giving up cars and hanging out in the street. It's working in Barcelona.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Barcelona is a decade into transforming many of its streets into green, car-light public spaces. Earlier this year, the city announced yet another major expansion of the project, with a goal of making a third of city streets green by 2030. And as Americans experience an epidemic of loneliness, a built environment that fosters social connection might be crucial for public health. Making a neighborhood more attractive with more walkable, green streets could mean triggering or speeding up gentrification. More walkable communities with high-quality public spaces are much more expensive to live in, indicating high demand.

Persons: —, Sven Eggimann, Tayana Panova, Jonathan Cohn, who's, Eggimann, pyi2lKhNzc, Billy Fields Organizations: Service, ZHAW School of Architecture, Residents, Urban, Smart Growth Locations: Barcelona, Spanish, Switzerland, New York City, Barcelona's, Vitoria, Europe, Valencia, Manhattan, Francisco, Superblocks

☆ The world is splitting between those who use ChatGPT to get better, smarter, richer — and everyone else
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

There is growing evidence that artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT can make you more efficient and capable at work. And the effect will be particularly noticeable if no one else in the company is using AI in this way. All said that outsourcing time-consuming, small jobs to AI tools freed up their time. AI at work still needs careful handlingThere are obvious caveats to using AI to do your work for you. Some companies also have specific rules for AI tools due to fears around copyright or data security.

Persons: ChatGPT, —, OpenAI's, techies, Google's, Matt Calkins, Appian, It's, Shakespeare, Shona Ghosh Organizations: Service, Harvard Business School, Boston Consulting, Developers, Microsoft, Workers

☆ I'm a student at NYU Stern. The school can be perceived as cutthroat and competitive, but I've found a supportive community.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Vincent Campanaro | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I hesitated to enroll in NYU Stern because of its reputation for being cutthroat and competitive. AdvertisementChoosing New York University's Stern School of Business as my new home was not a decision I took lightly. I've discovered the reality at Stern contrasts sharply with the stereotypesContrary to popular belief, the stereotypes about Stern students are just that — stereotypes. AdvertisementStern is not a traditional college experience, but it's perfect for meMany people say the Stern experience is like getting your MBA as an undergrad. The school's hyperfocused approach, combined with the lack of a "traditional" college campus differentiates it starkly from a conventional college experience.

Persons: NYU Stern, —, University's, Stern, I've, résumés, they've, It's Organizations: NYU, Service, University's Stern School of Business, U.S . News, Stern Locations: Wall, Manhattan

☆ Mars, accused of using child labor in its supply chain, says it aims to end the practice
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

For more than two decades, the world's largest chocolate makers have been pledging to eliminate — or at least reduce their reliance on — child labor. For its part, Mars' latest deadline to end child labor in its supply chain is 2025. The company said more than 65% of its West African cocoa supply chain has already achieved compliance. Read the full statement from Mars below:Mars unequivocally condemns the use of child labor. It has no place in our supply chain, and we are fully committed to helping to eradicate it.

Persons: Mars, Cargill Organizations: CBS News, CNBC, CBS, of Washington, Cargill, U.S, Supreme, Nestle USA, Labor, Cocoa Initiative, ICI, Rainforest Alliance, Fairtrade, CNBC PRO Locations: Ghana, Superior, West Africa

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☆ OpenAI CEO Sam Altman went on an 18-month, $85 million real-estate shopping spree — including a previously unknown Hawaii estate
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Katherine Long | Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

AdvertisementYears before the recent drama at OpenAI turned CEO Sam Altman into a household name, the former Y Combinator president went on an extraordinary 18-month, $85 million real-estate shopping spree, according to records reviewed by Business Insider — including a previously unreported $43 million Hawaii estate on land that locals describe as historically significant. AdvertisementSam Altman's Hawaii estate is immediately adjacent to the reconstruction of the royal temple of King Kamehameha I. Maxar TechnologiesA $43 million estate in HawaiiIn July 2021, Altman bought a twelve-bedroom estate in Kailua-Kona, on the big island of Hawaii, for $43 million. Altman's purchase of the Hawaii property has not been previously reported. AdvertisementAnnie had been unaware that her oldest brother owned property in Hawaii until Business Insider asked her about it, she said. A $27 million San Francisco homeAltman's weekday residence is a home on San Francisco's Russian Hill that was once described — inaccurately — as the most expensive home in San Francisco.

Persons: Sam Altman, Altman, —, OpenAI, he's, He's, Sam Altman's, King Kamehameha I, King Kamehameha, Jennifer Serralta, Serralta, Jack, Max, — Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, Marc Benioff, Jeff Bezos, Peter Thiel, Annie Altman, Annie, Sam's, Napa Altman, Cade Metz, Bob Dickinson Organizations: Service, Business, Bloomberg Tech Summit, Wall Street Journal, YouTube, Altman, LinkedIn, Apollo, Opportunity Fund, Silicon Valley, Business Insider, San, SEC, 9Point Ventures, Uncommon Ventures, New York Times, Capital Management, San Francisco Chronicle, New Yorker, Israeli Defense Force, Tesla Locations: San Francisco, Napa, Hawaii, Napa , California, Sam Altman's Hawaii, Kailua, Kona, wakesurfing, Kauai, Lanai, San, Russian, California, Hollywood, Big Sur

☆ A solar eruption headed straight for Earth is eating up stray energy and could trigger a strong geomagnetic storm by Friday
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A strong solar eruption this week could produce a powerful geomagnetic storm on Friday. The storm — called a coronal mass ejection — is eating up stray energy in space as it heads for Earth. AdvertisementA series of strong solar eruptions this week could trigger a powerful geomagnetic storm by Friday, bringing incredible aurora displays farther south than usual. This phenomenon is called a "Cannibal CME" and the end result could be a strong geomagnetic storm, Spaceweather.com reported. How to see the aurora this weekendThe storm could trigger aurora borealis farther south than usual.

Persons: —, Daniel Verscharen, It's Organizations: Service, CME, University College London, Prediction, NOAA Locations: Canada

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 29 (Reuters) - Microsoft will take a non-voting, observer position on OpenAI's board, CEO Sam Altman said in his first official missive after taking back the reins of the company on Wednesday. The observer position means Microsoft's representative can attend OpenAI's board meetings and access confidential information, but it does not have voting rights on matters including electing or choosing directors. The new OpenAI board is on an active search for six new members with expertise in fields from technology to safety and policy. OpenAI's chief scientist Ilya Sutskever will no longer be part of the board, Altman said. Apart from Altman, Brockman, Sutskever, D'Angelo, OpenAI's previous board consisted of entrepreneur Tasha McCauley, Helen Toner, director of strategy at Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Altman, OpenAI, Bret Taylor, Larry Summers, Adam D'Angelo, Mira Murati, Greg Brockman, Greg, Ilya Sutskever, Sutskever, Ilya, Brockman, D'Angelo, OpenAI's, Tasha McCauley, Helen Toner, Akanksha, Krystal Hu, Sayantani Ghosh, Stephen Coates Organizations: REUTERS, Microsoft, U.S . Treasury, Reuters, Georgetown's Center for Security, Emerging Technology, Thomson Locations: OpenAI, Bengaluru, New York, San Francisco

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