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☆ OpenAI is bleeding talent in the wake of Sam Altman's ouster
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Greg Brockman announced three key OpenAI staffers are following him and Sam Altman to Microsoft. Sam Altman is heading up a new AI team at Microsoft after his shock firing by the OpenAI board. All three are senior or longstanding employees at OpenAI, suggesting that the company may face a talent drain after Altman's shock firing. OpenAI announced that Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear would become interim CEO of the AI firm, after negotiations to bring Altman back broke down. The Information also reported that fellow AI startups Cohere and Adept were reaching out to OpenAI employees and that Google Deepmind had received an uptick in resumes from OpenAI workers.

Persons: Greg Brockman, Sam Altman, —, Satya Nadella's, Altman, Jakub Pachocki, Szymon Sidor, Aleksander Madry —, OpenAI, Twitch, Emmett Shear, Pachocki, Mira Murati, Brad Lightcap, Ilya Sutskever, Tao Xu, Google Deepmind, Jim Fan Organizations: Microsoft, Service, Google Locations: OpenAI

OpenAI and Altman did not reply to requests for comment. Kholsa Ventures, an early backer of OpenAI, wants Altman back at OpenAI but "will back him in whatever he does next," the fund's founder Vinod Khosla posted on X on Saturday. Others expressed support for joining Altman in starting a company, a third person familiar with the matter said. Tech website The Verge earlier reported the OpenAI board's discussions with Altman to return as CEO. Forbes reported on Saturday investors were plotting to restore Altman as CEO.

Persons: Sam Altman, Altman, Vinod Khosla, Altman's, Elon Musk, Greg Brockman, OpenAI, Brockman, Szymon Sidor, Sidor, Jony, SoftBank, Masayoshi Son, Brad Lightcap, Forbes, Krystal Hu, Anna Tong, Jeffrey Dastin, Gursimran, Chizu Nomiyama, Kenneth Li, William Mallard Organizations: Microsoft, Kholsa Ventures, Union, U.S, Altman, Reuters . Tech, Thomson Locations: OpenAI, New York, San Francisco, Gursimran Kaur, Bengaluru

☆ Former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman returns to headquarters for talks following his abrupt ouster
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI participates in the "Charting the Path Forward: The Future of Artificial Intelligence" at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Week in San Francisco, California, on November 16, 2023. Sam Altman, the recently ousted CEO of OpenAI, arrived as a guest Sunday at the headquarters of the company he founded. Altman posted a photo of himself on X, formerly Twitter, wearing an OpenAI visitor badge, writing, "first and last time i ever wear one of these." Jason Kwon, OpenAI's chief strategy officer, also posted a photo of Sam with the badge. Microsoft , Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global and venture firm Thrive Capital are part of an effort to reinstate Altman or have been in discussions with him, sources familiar told CNBC.

Persons: Sam Altman, Altman, Jason Kwon, Sam, Brad Lightcap, Lightcap, Greg Brockman, — CNBC's Rohan Goswami, Jordan Novet Organizations: Economic Cooperation, APEC, OpenAI, Microsoft, Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global, CNBC Locations: Asia, San Francisco , California

☆ What to Know About OpenAI’s Chaotic Weekend
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( John Koblin | More About John Koblin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On Friday, Mr. Altman was abruptly dismissed as OpenAI’s chief executive. Details for his surprise departure are still emerging but a dispute with a fellow founder of OpenAI appears to have played a role. Mr. Sutskever also objected to what he perceived as his own diminished role inside the company. “It doesn’t seem at all implausible that we will have computers — data centers — that are much smarter than people,” Mr. Sutskever said recently on a podcast. I don’t know.”Two other OpenAI board members, Tasha McCauley and Helen Toner, have ties to the Rationalist and Effective Altruist movements, who have been concerned that A.I.

Persons: Altman, Steve Jobs, OpenAI, Ilya Sutskever, Sutskever, Mr, Tasha McCauley, Helen Toner, Altman “, ”, Brad Lightcap, Sam Organizations: Apple, Rationalist

☆ Sam Altman kicked off a flood of ❤️ emoji posts from OpenAI executives. Can someone just tell us if he's coming back or not?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sam Altman was forced out as CEO of OpenAI on Friday, in dramatic fashion. One that was more snarky than loving: "if i start going off, the openai board should go after me for the full value of my shares." AdvertisementYet, it was the one about the OpenAI team that kicked off our current mystery. Various members of OpenAI staff have liked both tweets. Johnathan Lachman, who heads special projects at OpenAI, retweeted Murati's heart reply to Altman adding "our team spirit is just incredible."

Persons: Sam Altman, Altman, Mira Murati, emojis, —, he'd, OpenAI, She's, Heart, Greg Brockman, what's, Jason Kwon, Brad Lightcap, Romain Huet, Aditya Ramesh, Johnathan Lachman, Brockman's, hasn't, Ilya Sutskever, Brockman, Vinod Khosla, Matthew McConaughey, Kali Hays Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Google, Altman, Twitter Locations: OpenAI, khays@insider.com, @hayskali

Companies Openai LLC FollowApple Inc FollowMicrosoft Corp Follow Show more companiesNov 18 (Reuters) - Sam Altman, the recently ousted CEO of OpenAI, has been working on a new artificial intelligence venture he is planning to launch, sources briefed on the plan said on Saturday. Altman could not be reached for comment and Brockman did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Some researchers at OpenAI, including Szymon Sidor, have quit the company over the CEO change but it was unclear if Sidor and others will join Altman's new venture. The board of OpenAI, the company behind hit product ChatGPT, on Friday pushed out its high-profile CEO Altman. Co-founder Brockman quit shortly after Altman was fired.

Persons: Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, OpenAI, Altman, Brockman, Szymon Sidor, Sidor, Jony, Masayoshi Son, Altman's, Brad Lightcap, Krystal Hu, Anna Tong, Jeffrey Dastin, Gursimran, Chizu Nomiyama, Kenneth Li Organizations: Microsoft, Reuters, Thomson Locations: New York, San Francisco, Gursimran Kaur, Bengaluru

The board of OpenAI, the company behind hit product ChatGPT, on Friday pushed out its high-profile CEO Altman, sending shock waves across the tech industry. These discussions, and options regarding our path forward, are ongoing this morning," Lightcap wrote in the memo. "We can say definitively that the board’s decision was not made in response to malfeasance or anything related to our financial, business, safety, or security/privacy practices," he wrote. "This was a breakdown in communication between Sam and the board." Reporting by Anna Tong in San Francisco; editing by Kenneth Li and Franklin PaulOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sam Altman's, Sam, Brad Lightcap, Altman, Mira Murati, Greg Brockman, Brockman, Szymon Sidor, Lightcap, Anna Tong, Kenneth Li, Franklin Paul Organizations: Microsoft, Reuters, Franklin Paul Our, Thomson Locations: San Francisco

☆ OpenAI exec addresses CEO Sam Altman's firing in note to employees — Read the full memo
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

OpenAI chief operating officer Brad Lightcap addressed the firing of CEO Sam Altman in a brief message to employees on Saturday. Lightcap wrote in the memo, obtained by CNBC, that everyone was taken by surprise and that he's had many conversations with the board to try to understand their decision. "We can say definitively that the board's decision was not made in response to malfeasance or anything related to our financial, business, safety, or security/privacy practices," he wrote. He wrote the discussions and options regarding the path forward are ongoing and the company remains strong. Our position as a company remains extremely strong, and Microsoft remains fully committed to our partnership.

Persons: Brad Lightcap, Sam Altman, Lightcap, he's, Altman, Sam, Mira Organizations: CNBC, Microsoft

☆ Who's on the OpenAI board — the group behind Sam Altman's ouster
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

On Friday, the board of OpenAI, the buzzy AI company behind viral chatbot ChatGPT, suddenly and publicly ousted its CEO Sam Altman. OpenAI's board said it conducted "a deliberative review process" and that Altman "was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities." She is an adjunct senior management scientist at Rand Corporation and has been on the OpenAI board since 2018. "While our partnership with Microsoft includes a multibillion-dollar investment, OpenAI remains an entirely independent company governed by the OpenAI Nonprofit," OpenAI has publicly stated. On that day, Altman told Nadella, "I think we have the best partnership in tech and I'm excited for us to build AGI together."

Persons: Sam Altman, Altman, OpenAI, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Adam D'Angelo, Tasha McCauley, Helen Toner, Reid Hoffman, Neuralink, Zilis, Will Hurd, Brockman, Sam, Sutskever, he's, D'Angelo, McCauley, Toner, Andreessen Horowitz, AGI, weren't, Mira Murati, OpenAI's Dev, Satya Nadella, Nadella, Dev, Brad Lightcap Organizations: Thursday's APEC, Summit, Google, Facebook, OpenAI, GeoSim Systems, Rand Corporation, University of Oxford's Center, Georgetown's Center for Security, Emerging Technology, Sequoia Capital, Microsoft, CNBC, Fortune Locations: Texas, OpenAI

☆ One in 5 teens who have heard of ChatGPT say they've used it for schoolwork, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Pew Center study found that one in five teens who have heard of ChatGPT have used it for schoolwork. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . With around two-thirds of US teenagers having heard of ChatGPT, that is a lot of kids using OpenAI's chatbot to help write essays and solve math problems. ChatGPT is so popular among students right now that its US traffic dropped by over 10% when schools finished for summer. AdvertisementIts growing presence in classrooms has fuelled fears of a cheating epidemic, with another survey conducted earlier this year finding that one in four teachers say they have caught their students cheating using ChatGPT.

Persons: —, ChatGPT, OpenAI, Brad Lightcap Organizations: Pew, Reuters, Service, San, Business Locations: San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 16 (Reuters) - OpenAI, whose generative AI products initially raised fears of widespread cheating on homework, is now exploring how it can get its popular ChatGPT chatbot into classrooms, according to a senior executive. Backed by billions of dollars from Microsoft (MSFT.O), OpenAI kicked off the generative AI craze last November by releasing its ChatGPT chatbot, which became one of the world's fastest-growing applications. But within a few months, teachers started seeing how ChatGPT could be beneficial, he said. A new team at OpenAI would be an extension of the work the company has already done to integrate its technology into the classroom. There are myriad ways to use ChatGPT in classrooms, said Andrew Mayne, a former OpenAI employee who works with educators through his AI consulting firm Interdimensional.

Persons: Brad Lightcap, ” Lightcap, OpenAI, we’re, Andrew Mayne, “ ChatGPT, ”, Anna Tong, Kenneth Li, Matthew Lewis Organizations: FRANCISCO, INSEAD Americas, Microsoft, Union, U.S, Khan Academy, Schmidt Futures, “, Thomson Locations: San Francisco, OpenAI, Sydney

☆ OpenAI launches ChatGPT Enterprise, the company's biggest announcement since ChatGPT's debut
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

OpenAI on Monday announced its biggest news since ChatGPT's debut: It's launching ChatGPT Enterprise, the AI chatbot's business tier, available starting Monday. ChatGPT Enterprise includes access to GPT-4 with no usage caps, performance that's up to two times faster than previous versions, and API credits. One key differentiator between ChatGPT Enterprise and the consumer-facing version: ChatGPT Enterprise will allow clients to input company data to train and customize ChatGPT for their own industries and use cases, although some of those features aren't yet available in Monday's debut. When asked how ChatGPT Enterprise compares with Bing Chat Enterprise, Microsoft's enterprise AI chatbot, an OpenAI representative told CNBC, "This is an OpenAI product independent of Microsoft. The biggest obstacle to ChatGPT Enterprise's development was figuring out how to prioritize features, Lightcap told CNBC.

Persons: OpenAI, Brad Lightcap, Lightcap, Estée Lauder Cos, Andreessen Horowitz, Brian Burke, ChatGPT, Bard chatbot, Bing, Claude 2, Sam Altman, — Organizations: Monday, ChatGPT, CNBC, ChatGPT Enterprise, Beta, Microsoft, Sequoia Capital, Gartner, Fortune, Google

☆ A message to OpenAI's Sam Altman was an AI startup founder's last ditch effort to help save her company — and it worked
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Madeline Renbarger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The AI startup was recently named by VCs as one of 2023's most promising startups. Thompson named her startup Milo, an acronym for "my important loved ones," and raised some early funding from the accelerator Y Combinator in 2020. "You never hear someone talk about the power of these models to help families," said Brad Lightcap, OpenAI's chief operating officer. On Milo, parents can send text messages of grocery lists, photos of permission slips or sign-up-sheets for school activities to the Milo chatbot. To date, Milo has raised an undisclosed amount of pre-seed and seed capital from Y Combinator, OpenAI, Magnify Ventures, Bronze Ventures, and several angel investors.

Persons: Milo, Avni Patel Thompson, Sam Altman, VCs, Thompson, Mary, Archa Jain, Brad Lightcap, Milo chatbot, Cleo, Sara Ittelson, I'm Organizations: Starbucks, Reebok, Accel, Bronze Ventures Locations: Y

☆ Walmart shoppers may have used fake payment machines that look identical to the real thing — here's how to avoid 'skimmers'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Our experts answer readers' credit card questions and write unbiased product reviews (here's how we assess credit cards). Authorities have seized a batch of remarkably sophisticated credit card skimmers that fraudsters installed in Walmart stores in central New York and Maine. The skimming devices are designed to fit over the real payment terminal in order to capture customers' financial data during a transaction. One of the card skimming devices seized by law enforcement. The FBI estimates credit card skimming fraud costs consumers and financial institutions more than $1 billion per year, and recommends shoppers take precautions to avoid falling victim to the scam.

Persons: York State Police Major Vincent Lightcap, we're Organizations: Service, Privacy, Police, Authorities, Walmart, New York State Police, York State Police, YouTube, NewsChannel Locations: Wall, Silicon, New York, Maine, Oswego , New York

☆ From right-wing backlash to Apple's TV play — these 3 big questions will dominate conversations at the Cannes Lions.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Lauren Johnson | Claire Atkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

This year's Cannes Lions ad festival is taking place as advertisers are reeling from major shifts. The Cannes Lions organizers said that none of the three execs have been confirmed as speakers. Generative AI must boost creativity without stealing jobsThe rapid rise of generative AI took the advertising and media worlds by storm. Attendees will also have the opportunity to hobnob with the company that kicked off the generative AI storm last November. Simon Cook, Cannes Lions CEO, told Insider that top executives from ChatGPT developer OpenAI like chief operating officer Brad Lightcap will attend the festival.

Persons: Twitter's Elon Musk, Linda Yaccarino, Oliver Schusser, Michael Kassan, he's, execs, Bud Light, influencer Dylan Mulvaney, Bud, Busch, Fura, Leslie Klein, Sir Martin Sorrell, David Droga, Nick Law, Simon Cook, Brad Lightcap, Huge's, Elon Musk, Ben Hovaness, They've, Jon Williams, Akram Chetibi, Craig Atkinson Organizations: Cannes Lions, Apple, Twitter, Netflix, Hollywood, UTA, Target, Bud Light, Anheuser, Busch, Accenture, Cannes, Apple News, Carlton Hotel, Omnicom Media, Amazon Web Locations: Cannes

☆ For YouTuber multi-millionaires Rhett & Link, venture capital is the future of creators
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Zach Vallese | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The pair chose to reinvest their earnings, and lessons from their experiences, in burgeoning creators through an accelerator fund. "The right creators are good and investments," said McLaughlin, who is co-CEO of Mythical Entertainment. They both have a vision to grow their business and to lead their business," McLaughlin said. VC firm Slow Ventures has also launched a creator fund and has taken a keen interest in the business of those in the creator economy. Providing creators like Mogilko with capital gives them the ability to grow quickly at a time when they can leverage their existing social media virality.

☆ 6 startups and VCs investing millions directly in influencers — from licensing back catalogs to full ownership of YouTube channels
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Amanda Perelli | Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

As the creator economy matures, some startups are setting aside capital to invest directly in individual stars and their content. "No niche is too niche, if you will, and we continue to be surprised by that," said Megan Lightcap, principal at Slow Ventures. One of Slow Ventures' deals is with YouTuber Marina Mogilko, who runs a language learning channel. To help creators better understand who is investing and what those deals look like, Insider compiled a list of six companies investing directly into influencers and their businesses. Here are six leading companies investing capital in creators:

☆ 6 companies investing millions directly in content creators — from licensing back catalogs to full ownership of YouTube channels
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Amanda Perelli | Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

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